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experience there really prepared me
state official from West
for my career."
Bloomfield, whose main
Gormezano then joined the U.S.
job is to bring new busi-
Department of Housing and Urban
nesses and jobs to south-
Development's Detroit office for
eastern Michigan, credits the Jewish
seven
years, initially as a community
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
with honing his skills as an executive. and economic development special-
ist. He later supervised HUD's
Larry Gormezano, a Sephardic Jew,
Michigan Small
is now a career executive
Cities Community
with the Business
Development Block
Development Division of
Grant program.
the Michigan Economic
He went to
Development Corp.
MEDC, then known
(MEDC). Based in
as the Michigan
Livonia, he manages eight
Department of
southeast Michigan coun-
Commerce, in 1987,
ties — the most populous
becoming southeast
in the state. Twelve account
Michigan manager in
managers report to him.
1997.
Gormezano played a key
"It's often difficult
role in getting Dispomedic
getting companies to
2000 Ltd., an Israeli manu-
move into our area
facturing company, to take
because we have the
over and renovate an old
tough counties with
plant in Port Huron to
Gormeza no
the high labor rates,
begin making high-technol-
such
as Wayne,
ogy syringes there next
Oakland, Macomb,
year.
Lapeer and St. Clair counties," he
"It's part of our ongoing effort to
pointed out. "Labor costs seem to
lure businesses and jobs to southeast
drop north of 1-69." The highway
Michigan from anywhere in the
forms an arc around the southeast
world," he said. "We're happy that
corner of the state, from the Indiana
Dispomedic chose Port Huron from
line to Lansing and on to Port
among several U.S. sites, and we
Huron.
know that people in that city are
Gormezano and his wife, Susan, a
enthusiastic about the move."
Southfield optometrist, have two
Gormezano, 55, is a graduate of
children. He's past president of Sara
Oak Park High School and Wayne
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center
State University, with a master's
in West Bloomfield. He belongs to
degree in urban planning. He joined
several
professional organizations and
the U.S. Public Health Service in
has authored a number of articles on
Detroit in 1974.
urban planning. He's a distant cousin
From1976 to 1980, he was a plan-
of singer Eydie Gorme, whose real
ning and budget associate at the
name was Gormezano.
Jewish Federation, working under
"Most people think I'm Italian
Alan Kandel of West Bloomfield,
-because
of the sound of my name,"
assistant director of the department,
he
said,
"until
they see the mezuzah
since retired.
on the door of my office and wonder
"In that job, working with Alan, I
what it is. When I explain, they cer-
really learned how to write, analyze,
tainly know I'm Jewish." LI
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