Lansing Economic Area Partnership
The Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) mission is to work with local business and community leaders to attract world-class companies to Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties and create jobs and community investment that support our families and our local economies. The Michigan Manufacturing Innovation Campus...
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...
Latest Expansion in Charlotte Reinforces Lansing Region’s Growing EV Manufacturing and Supply Chain Prowess Today, the Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) announced plans to continue investing in and expanding the company’s facilities in Charlotte, Mich. Shyft will invest approximately $16 million for expansion and improvements in...
Elevate Program’s First Cohort Complete Six Months of Individualized Business Training, Resource Sharing and Community Building LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 12, 2023) — In December 2022, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) came together with community, funders, family and friends to celebrate the completion of the first Elevate Black-business accelerator...
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...
Latest Rankings Highlight Lansing Region’s National Appeal for Top Tech Talent Years of regional coordination and partnerships focused on building a robust Lansing regional high-tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem continue to pay off, with the Lansing-East Lansing Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) landing the eleventh spot on...
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 16, 2022) – Led by the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), the M-21 AgTech Taskforce, comprised of the Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership (SEDP), The Right Place in Grand Rapids, Clinton County Catalyst (CCC), Michigan Soybean Committee (MSC) and Michigan Department of Agriculture...
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...
