Business Resource & Development Center

Real people. Real results.

Welcome to the Business Resource & Development Center (BRDC) at Saginaw Valley State University - your link to future economic growth of the Great Lakes Bay region; your connection to the present.

BRDC is comprised of the following entities:

• Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center - Northeast(MMTC-NE)
  Assisting area manufacturers to achieve sustained profitability through training and support
• Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (OCEPD)
  Providing quality professional development, new career and personal enrichment opportunities
• Independent Testing Laboratory(ITL)
  Improving existing products and bringing new products to market through quality analytical services and technical support
• Great Lakes Bay Economics Club (GLBEC)
  GLBEC encourages the exchange of ideas on economics, business, and policy through meetings with high-profile speakers. The Club provides a forum for business people in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region to interact, network and share economic knowledge.
• Great Lakes Bay Manufacturers Association(GLBMA)
  Offers its members the opportunity to network with other manufactures and potential customers, will providing education and support on manufacturing and business issues.
• The Stevens Center for Family Business (SCFB)
  Supports the success of family businesses through the generations with education, collaboration and networking.
• Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN)
  A statewide university network designed to create partnerships that will connect Michigan’s corporations to critical university assets to help promote innovative research and grow Michigan’s economy.

Business Resource & Development Center Contacts:

Jeremy Bockelman, Director, Senior Business Adviser Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center - NE Executive Director Great Lakes Bay Manufacturers Association

(989) 964-2164
jebockel@svsu.edu 

 or

Tanya Blehm, Manager Great Lakes Bay Manufacturers Association and Great Lakes Bay Economics Club
(989) 964-2881
tlblehm@svsu.edu