Thursday, March 5, 2009

Residents clamor to get Michigan movie jobs rolling

BY JOHN GALLAGHER • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • February 5, 2009

Word that Hollywood studios are planning to open shop in metro Detroit has drawn surging interest from layoff-weary Michiganders.

Janet Lockwood, director of the Michigan Film Office, was losing her voice Wednesday from taking so many inquiries.

Hundreds of former autoworkers and others in need of work were calling the Free Press this week after the paper ran stories about the studio projects.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090205/BUSINESS06/902050397?imw=Y

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