These days most cars last 150,000 – 200,000 miles. Typically a new car looses 24% of its value by doing nothing other than driving off the showroom floor.

Many car buyers lease for as little as two years and put less than 20,000 miles on the vehicle. What’s left at the end of the two years is typically an auto in great condition with less than 10% of its useful life used up but 30% – 50% of the price of buying new.  It’s a no brainer, the used car wins the competition hands down.

Unless you are a germaphobe or like to throw away money there is no reason to purchase a new car.

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GANTEC, Inc.
GANTEC involves workers in Africa and Midland to process seeds from the African neem tree into organic, environmentally friendly pesticides and granular soil adjuvants. Their products enhance plant growth and productivity without toxic chemical residue. The company is currently testing its products for greenhouse application and commercialization. They have received loan assistance through the RSPPA program, an initiative administered by Midland Tomorrow and Michigan State University that provides seed money for developing technology companies with unique and market-valuable products and services.

Ingenuity IEQ
Ingenuity IEQ offers a total solution for indoor environmental quality, protecting the health and comfort of building occupants while decreasing costs for energy and building maintenance. They address four key aspects of indoor environmental quality: Airflow, air quality, surfaces and measurement. In 2007, Ingenuity partnered with Midland-based ÆGIS Environments to apply ÆGIS’ Microbe Shield antimicrobial technology to interior building surfaces. In addition, Ingenuity has engineered, installed and recommissioned hundreds of airflow control systems for university, pharmaceutical, private and corporate research labs as well as hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Ingenuity enjoyed 20 percent growth in 2007 and continues to grow despite Michigan’s economic climate.

Precision Torque Control
Precision Torque Control, Inc. specializes in providing long-term solutions for tensioning and torque limiting applications. All their products are designed, machined, assembled and tested at their Midland facility in order to supply their customers with a superior product at a competitive price. Precision Torque’s business is continuing to grow: In 2005, Precision Torque built a 7,000-square-foot addition to their existing building. This shows the confidence company leadership has in their ability to maintain and grow their business, and also the importance of their value-added services to the Midland community.

The announcement came Sunday from the United States Tennis Association between matches at the U.S. Open in New York.

Mike Woody, executive director at the Midland Community Tennis Center, said he is pumped about the announcement.

The award comes with a monetary gift of $100,000 to enlarge its facilities.

Ojai, California took second place and Independence, Kansas came in third.

Midland beat bigger cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas.

A few of my favorites were the Green 1971 Cuda and a 1987 Buick Grand National.

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In 1890,  Herbert Henry Dow arrived in Midland Michigan and founded The Dow Chemical Company.  His success allowed Midland to survive the end of the logging era and to grow to its present size.  Midland Michigan is now the global headquarters of two Fortune 500 companies which include the Dow Chemical and Dow Corning Corporation, and home to the Midland Cogeneration Venture, the largest gas-fueled, steam recovery cogeneration facility in North America.  Mid land MI  has become a center for industrial innovation, and is  becoming a hub for the solar energy industry. Midland has evolved from an Indian village to the “City of Science and Culture.”
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Population  41,685  according to the 2000 census.