Lansing Economic Area Partnership
Fourth One and All Graduating Class Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 29, 2021) – On October 7, 19 entrepreneurs from across the Lansing region celebrated the end of a two-month business growth journey with…
Grants to Increase Childcare Capacity, Stabilize Areas of Most Severe Economic Harm and Increase Support for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs and Business-Owners Today, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced $1,520,000 in Ingham County Sunrise Small Business Grant Program Impact…
Sculpture by Artist Dane Porter funded by LEAP Public Art Grant with Support from PNC Foundation The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), regional placemaking funders and the Meridian Township community dedicated a new art sculpture today at the farmers market in Meridian Township. The contemporary…
Application Period is Open for the Lansing Area’s Third Poet Laureate The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), the Lansing Poetry Club, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) Center for Poetry at Michigan State University are seeking applicants for the 2022-2024 Lansing…
267 Grants Awarded to Businesses Across Ingham County Today, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced additional grant recipients of the $11M Ingham County Sunrise Small Business Grants Program. Two-hundred sixty-seven businesses from across Ingham County received grants…
I am excited to share a quick update with all of you in regards to the worker cooperative succession project I have been working on. I would like to give a quick overview of what the project is and why it is important, for those…
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…
The Clinton County Board of Commissioners took action to assist small businesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by allocating $2 million from the county’s first tranche of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for small business grants. The county selected the Lansing Economic Area…
83 Grants Awarded to Nonprofits Across Ingham County Today, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced additional grant recipients of the $11M Ingham County Sunrise Small Business Grants Program. Eighty three nonprofit organizations from across Ingham County received…
Excellence in Project Work and Economic Equity Programming Awards from Economic Development Industry’s Most Respected Governing Body Building off a respected history of excellence in economic development practice, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) received two top international Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the…
