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Mickey Ciokajlo

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Executive Editor at Crain's Detroit Business

Executive Editor of Crain’s Detroit Business, Crain's Grand Rapids Business. Alum: @mlive @chicagotribune @columbiajourn @westernmichu

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  • 1 month ago | crainsdetroit.com | Mickey Ciokajlo

    A spate of headlines flew by recently about the five-year anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic. I’m a news guy, so I looked. I’m paid to look. But, if I’m being honest, I didn’t really want to. I’m not ready yet to look back on the pandemic. I don’t know about you, but it some ways I feel like I’m still recovering. When we in the media do anniversary stories, they often carry the patina of nostalgia. D-Day comes mind.

  • Jan 21, 2025 | crainsdetroit.com | Mickey Ciokajlo

    When Ford Motor Co. bought the dilapidated Michigan Central Station in 2018, Bill Ford outlined the vision for a campus brimming with high-tech talent who would help shape the future of mobility. “When we develop this Corktown campus, there will be nothing else like it in the country,” Bill Ford, the company’s executive chairman, told Crain’s Detroit Business at the time.

  • Sep 3, 2024 | crainsdetroit.com | Mickey Ciokajlo

    Three miles east of downtown Detroit, on land vacant so long the earth has reclaimed the sidewalks, sits a sturdy wooden sign. “Coming soon,” it reads, with the simple design of a house and its address, 1742 Fischer. A stone’s throw away is a similar sign for 1738 Fischer. Across the street are three recently built houses, with new sidewalk stripped in front of them.

  • Aug 15, 2024 | crainsdetroit.com | Mickey Ciokajlo

    College is on my mind quite a bit these days. My daughter is headed off to school this fall, and my son has been making campus visits in recent weeks. Meanwhile, I had the privilege last month of moderating a conversation with the presidents of the University of Michigan, Michigan State and Wayne State at a Crain’s Power Breakfast in Detroit.

  • Jul 25, 2024 | crainsgrandrapids.com | Mickey Ciokajlo

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Mickey Ciokajlo
Mickey Ciokajlo @mciokajlo
8 Apr 25

RT @nickrmanes: Passenger rail service connecting Detroit, Chicago and Toronto is being pitched for a site next to Michigan Central, with p…

Mickey Ciokajlo
Mickey Ciokajlo @mciokajlo
25 Mar 25

Detroit-based PR firm acquires New Jersey business to grow national reach https://t.co/jaoubtjPQh via @kurt_nagl @crainsdetroit https://t.co/Wp9xY8ZGFp

Mickey Ciokajlo
Mickey Ciokajlo @mciokajlo
24 Mar 25

Crain's Forum: Great Lakes region readies for its role in a nuclear energy revival https://t.co/ZRqQPMPAxU via @ABalaskovitz @CrainsGR @crainsdetroit https://t.co/xPSP4rOgYR