Lansing Economic Area Partnership
Johanna Schuster-Craig launched Smaller Scale, a Lansing-based company that completes small home projects and repairs, after identifying that her skill set could fill a need in the community. By strategically hiring workers who are women and/or identify as LGBTQ+, she is adding diversity to the...
Grant will historically ‘supercharge’ the Lansing three-county region’s business startup efforts The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), in collaboration with the Lansing Regional SmartZone LDFA Board, has achieved a significant milestone by progressing to the next phase of a $3.5 million grant, dedicated to supporting...
Our 2022 annual impact report titled Brick and Mortar: People building prosperity in the Lansing Region, is hot off the press showcasing a historic year of economic development success for the Lansing region! Resulting from collaborations with countless individuals, entrepreneurs, local partners, developers, government leaders...
On Saturday, November 19, 2022, an instance of gun violence perpetrated by a 22-year-old man in Colorado Springs left five dead and 25 injured at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs. Club Q, where the mass shooting took place, is known as a community space...
New Program Helps Small Business Owners Plan for the Future with Free Succession Planning LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 11, 2022) As part of the Ingham County Sunrise Program, established by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in April 2021, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) and the Center for Community-Based Enterprise...
Platform designed to provide access and ease to the subleasing process takes home first prize; One and All grad Gloria Trevino of TheraPLAYoga takes second place LANSING, Mich. (May 20, 2022) — In a night of creative collaboration, seven local entrepreneurs pitched at The Hatching,...
Lansing Poet Laureate to Engage Tri-County Community in the Literary Arts Newly appointed Lansing Poet Laureate Masaki Takahashi performing at The Poetry Room in Lansing, MI. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), the Residential College for Arts and Humanities (RCAH) Center for Poetry at Michigan...
During my brief time with LEAP I have learned a lot about cooperatives and have met some great people who are passionate about what they do. My focus has been on the benefits of cooperatives. I had come into the project knowing very little about...
I am so grateful for this opportunity I have had with LEAP and I cannot believe it is coming to a close! I have learned so much about not only economic development, but also inclusive entrepreneurship and what it takes to run a successful program. One of my...
I have learned so much thus far at LEAP! I have gotten the chance to meet and greet with various departments across LEAP to introduce myself, my role here at LEAP, and my goals going forward. We also discussed the broad and ever-changing topic of economic development. Most discussions have...
