Lansing Economic Area Partnership
Bill includes tiers to help attract transformational projects to smaller counties LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 25, 2021) –Today, the Economic Development Leaders for Michigan (EDLM) and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) called for quick passage of the Michigan Employment Opportunity Act. The legislation would restore...
Growing Auto Manufacturing Supplier Adds New Jobs to Lansing, Michigan Region’s Mobility Industry CHARLOTTE, Mich. (Aug 17, 2021) — Shinwon USA, an emerging auto parts manufacturer in the US, will open its newest operation at 400 Parkland Dr. in Charlotte. Shinwon USA launched US operations...
One and All Program Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 5, 2021) – Nineteen entrepreneurs from across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee counties will continue building or growing their businesses as part of the fourth program...
The Ingham County Sunrise Small Business Grant Program created by Ingham County in April 2021 using $11 million from the county’s first tranche of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds will provide working capital grants to eligible Ingham County small businesses and nonprofits. The Lansing Economic...
Elder Care-Focused Startup Aims to Address Care Disparities Through Education and Evidence-Based Intervention LANSING, Mich. (June 22, 2021) — Seven talented local entrepreneurs pitched at the Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) June 10 virtual Hatching event, the quarterly pitch competition’s second event of 2021. June’s...
In April 2021, Ingham County took action to assist small businesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and allocated $11 million from the county’s first tranche of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to create the Ingham County Sunrise Small Business Grant Program. The county selected...
Grant Seeks to Strategically Align Regional Partners and Create Top MedTech Hub The Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) efforts to transform and connect a vital and growing regional industry cluster into one of the nation’s top 20 medical technology ecosystems is taking a significant step...
A state-of-the-art McKesson distribution facility like pictured, will open in Holt, MI late fall 2021. Photo courtesy of McKesson. Today, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) and Delhi Charter Township board of trustees jointly announced global healthcare supply chain company McKesson is making a significant...
Lansing Recognized Among National Competitor Communities for Economic Development Excellence The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) is recognized as one of the 20 top economic development organizations (EDO) in the nation, receiving the prestigious 2021 Site Selection Magazine Mac Conway Award designation earlier this week....
Delhi Township and Meridian Township Receive Public Art Grants to Enhance Business and Talent Attraction The Keeping Time Sculpture in Charlotte’s Time Piece Park was funded in part by a 2018 LEAP Public Art for Communities Grant. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced its...
