Rep. Mark Ouimet explains why small business is growing in his district.

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Show host Michael Rogers talks about small business conditions in western Washtenaw County with State Representative Mark Ouimet.

Also today: April Clobes, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer for the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, discusses their startUP Challenge contest; Michael interviews business author Rod Kackley about his new book “Last Chance Mile: The Reinvention of an American Community”; Michael talks with Mary Collier (session one and session two), owner of CircleCRecycling, an Ionia-based small business that recycles Styrofoam; and Dave Jessup, director of government relations for the Small Business Association of Michigan, reviews last week’s legislative highlights of interest to small business owners.