People who are familiar with the deal reported on Tuesday that Google Inc. is planning to open a new facility in the Ann Arbor area that will employ 1,000 people within five years to handle advertising that appears on the Internet giant's search engine.

The Internet giant's project involves opening an office for its AdWords unit, which handles "pay-per-click" advertising to users of Google's Internet search engine. Gov. Jennifer Granholm scheduled a news conference for Tuesday morning to "make a jobs announcement.

Job opportunities with Google's Ann Arbor-area facility were expected to open quickly. Phone and e-mail messages seeking comment were left for Mountain View, Calif.-based Google before business hours Tuesday. The state offered Google $38 million in tax breaks over 20 years, should its employment reach 2,000, the people said.

Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.0 percent in May, compared with a national rate of 4.6 percent that month. Google co-founder Larry Page is a native of East Lansing and graduated from the University of Michigan. Google already has a small sales office in Southfield.

By M. Sese
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