Google’s sales center in downtown Ann Arbor, near the University of Michigan, has opened its doors just over two months after plans to create the outpost were announced (The Chronicle, July 11).
For the time being, the center has just 20 employees, but company officials expect the project to generate 1,000 jobs within five years. The Ann Arbor branch will oversee advertising that appears on the popular search engine, according to the Associated Press. —Brock Read



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