Lansing Economic Area Partnership
My name is Amanda Miner, a third-year marketing student at the MSU Broad College of Business. In 2018, I co-founded a sustainable reversible clothing company called INFKNIT Apparel with three other business students. We filed a patent, ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, and even got...
Regional Geographic Distribution, Economic Impact and Inclusion-Minded Process Drove Complex Grant Awards Following a statewide announcement from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) is announcing 412 small businesses and nonprofits from across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties have been selected...
Black-Owned Baby Food Startup Takes Top Prize at August 13 Hatching LANSING, Mich. – Five more aspiring entrepreneurs pitched at the Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) August 13 virtual Hatching event, bringing the series’ theme of resilience to life with their business ideas. This month’s ideas included...
One&All Program Aims to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties Twenty entrepreneurs from across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee counties are taking important next steps toward building or growing their businesses as part of the inaugural cohort of One&All, a new...
Small Businesses and Nonprofits Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties Seek Help to Address COVID-19 Related Financial Hardship Following the Aug. 5, 2020, closing of the statewide Michigan Small Business Restart Program grant application, created and managed by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), 1,640 eligible...
Lansing’s Resilient Economy and Midsize Market Status Combine to Make the Region A Top Location in the Post-COVID United States As economies slowly begin to restart and Americans adjust to a vastly different professional and social landscape, the places in which we choose to live, work...
More than 400 Grants Available for Small Businesses and Nonprofits Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties Following the creation of a small-business restart program by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) on July 7, 2020, funded with $100 million received from the Federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, the...
Authentic Cheesecake Startup Takes Home Top Prize at Recent Business Pitch Competition Six Lansing-based entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas at LEAP’s July 9 virtual Hatching event, building on the theme of resilience for this year’s series of monthly events. This month’s ideas included a 3D printed mask-making...
LEAP Partnering with Local Organizations to Equitably Distribute Grants Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties LANSING, Mich. (July 7, 2020) – Following months of economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis, more small-business support funds are once again on the way to the Lansing region by...
Application for LEAP One&All Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Open LEAP Accepting Applications for New Program to Impact Success Rate of Underrepresented, Underserved Entrepreneurs Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties Applications are now open for One&All, a new, inclusive entrepreneurship program approved last December for 2020 implementation....
