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Patterson Wants More High-Tech Businesses

NOVI,MI-Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says his Automation Alley competes well against Silicon Valley, and will may surpass California's jewel with the acquisition of billion-dollar Covisint.

By Robert Carr | Updated on June 26, 2001

NOVI,MI-Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson recently extolled increased development of high-tech businesses in the county, and made a case in comparing the area to Silicon Valley in a recent speech at the Information Technology Event. In his remarks, he bragged about the success of his creation, Automation Alley.

Patterson first introduced the concept of Automation Alley in 1998, when he pointed out in a county address that Oakland doesn’t compete with neighboring counties, but rather against California’s Silicon Valley and Boston’s Route 128.

Automation Alley began that year with a nucleus of 45 companies in the general proximity of the I-75 and I-696 freeways. However, the geographical landscape has since been extended beyond the borders of Oakland County and the number of companies belonging to Automation Alley has now increased to nearly 320.

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