Lansing Economic Area Partnership
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...
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 program....
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 (LEAP)...
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...
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 CompTIA’s...
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 Economic...
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 (C2BE)...
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 2020 by...
Chinese Company to Offer Educational and Cultural Exchange Opportunities [caption id="attachment_6888" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ms. Yin of A Plus International Culture Communications, Inc. is joined by Lansing Sister Cities representatives, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and LEAP President and CEO Bob Trezise in officially launching the company's US...
