Lansing Economic Area Partnership
LEAP’s One and All Inclusive Entrepreneurship Initiative Welcomes 20 New Entrepreneurs to Seventh Program The One and All Program Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility in the Lansing Region LANSING, Mich. (March 7, 2023) – Twenty entrepreneurs from Ingham County have been selected to participate in...
The Middle Village Micro Market is a year long business incubator program that allows entrepreneurs to open their own retail micro storefront in downtown Lansing. Program members receive programming and marketing support while they grow their brand, build their customer base, and test the market...
Have you heard about Socialight Society? This Black owned bookstore is the perfect place to find titles written about, for, and by Black authors! Socialight Society is the brain child of Nyshell Lawrence, an alumni of LEAP’s One and All Program Five, who found a...
Have you taken a trip to the Constellation Cat Cafe? This cafe and cat haven is currently located at 3320 E Lake Lansing Rd, East Lansing, MI but is in the process of moving to Lansing’s Old Town— where it will become a neighbor to...
Partnerships Pave the Way for First of Its Kind Tech Entrepreneurship Investment in Lansing Region After more than a decade of intentional efforts and partnership to grow tech entrepreneurship in the Lansing region, the Lansing Regional SmartZone (LRSZ), managed by the Lansing Economic Area Partnership...
Bookstore centered on celebrating Black women and Black literature takes home first prize; Jacob Mervyn’s blend of coffee and cinematic horror, Crema-torium, takes second place LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 1, 2022) — In a night of creative collaboration, six local entrepreneurs pitched at The Hatching, Lansing...
Six One and All Graduating Class Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 3, 2022) – Nineteen entrepreneurs from across the Lansing region celebrated the end of a two-month journey of business growth with the sixth program of One and All, an inclusive entrepreneurship initiative created in...
The One and All Program Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties LANSING, Mich. (May 24, 2022) – Twenty-one entrepreneurs from across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee counties have been selected to participate in program six of One and...
LEAP’s One and All Inclusive Entrepreneurship Initiative Celebrates 23 Graduates for Program Five— January–March 2022 Fifth One and All Graduating Class Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties LANSING, Mich. (Mar. 30, 2022) – Twenty-three entrepreneurs from across the...
Program Seeks to Increase and Strengthen Black Businesses Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), with support from the PNC Foundation, has opened applications for Elevate, a Black business accelerator program in Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties. Elevate, an entrepreneurial...
