John Tully  is our speaker for the Business Community & Development Event "Michelin Development" on Thursday, March 25, 2010.   We are thrilled to have John Tully with Michelin Development Company as our speaker for our March event.  John has been with Michelin for 35 years serving in a variety of management positions from Marketing and Sales support to President of Michelin Development (Canada) in Ontario, Canada and Director of Community Relations for Michelin North America, Inc.  He is currently directing and implementing Michelin Development in Upstate, SC.  This is a 20 year old Michelin program that had been introduced to North America in 2006 and is now being implemented in the U.S.  The program is focused on creating new quality, sustainable jobs in the 10 counties of the Upstate, SC.  It provides low cost loans and access to Michelin's considerable in-house business expertise to disadvantaged start-up, small and medium-sized businesses.