Flint and Genesee County have many location attributes that make the area attractive for business expansion. Consider these important facts:

• The area is at the epicenter of new intermodal and supply chain activity in Michigan
  
  Genesee County: Moving Business Forward
  
  
• I-75, I-69, and US 23 intersect in the center of Genesee County
  
  
• CSX and CN railroads crisscross the county from north, south, east, and west

• Bishop International Airport, with a recent $33 million freight handling expansion project, is the third fastest- growing airport in the United States, offers nonstop service to 12 major hubs, and one-stop service to 283 destinations worldwide
  

• Genesee County is within one hour of three deepwater ports (Detroit, Port Huron, and Saginaw)
  
  
• Canadian borders at Sarnia and Detroit, and the Blue Water and Ambassador bridges are one hour away
  
  
• Half of the U.S. population  is within 500 miles
  
  
• Genesee County is located along the last 60 miles of the northern end of the NAFTA Superhighway
  
  
• Nearly all the automotive research centers in the United States are within 100 miles

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Flint’s Kettering University is home to
the #1 ranked industrial engineering program in the nation.

-Source: US News & World Report