Justin Winkelman

It's been 10 years since Oakland County established its Emerging Sectors program, and it has a lot to show for it.

What if you were Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson nearly 10 years ago and your largest employer in the region was an automaker, and your No. 2 employer was a different automaker and...

Great cities are defined by their cultural institutions. Don’t believe me? What is one of the most photographed buildings in the world? Hint: It’s in Sydney, Australia. There isn’t a 400-year history of opera in Australia, yet that one building’s combination of architecture and functionality for the numerous performance theaters inside have helped to define not only a city, but an entire country.