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MEDC | Crowdfunding Campaign Launched for “Detroit’s First Solar Training House” Project

Michigan Business Network
March 11, 2024 2:00 PM

$50,000 goal to win matching grant through MEDC’s Public Spaces Community Places initiative

LANSING, Mich. – The Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood of Detroit will become home to an innovative community space that will become a training hub for renewable energy, a community resilience center, and a space for beneficial programming with inclusivity at its core through the anticipated success of a crowdfunding campaign.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Ryan Hundt, Michigan Works! Association Legislative Priorities 2023 and '24

Michigan Business Beat
March 11, 2024 12:00 PM

Chris Holman welcomes back Ryan Hundt, CEO, Michigan Works! Association, Lansing, MI.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | James McBryde, MMDC, Now Serving Four Counties of Mid Michigan

Michigan Business Beat
March 11, 2024 10:00 AM

Chris Holman welcomes back Jim McBryde, President & CEO, MMDC - the Mid Michigan Development Corporation, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Gabe Ehrlich, RSQE - Research Regarding Detroit's Economic Circumstances

Michigan Business Beat
March 11, 2024 9:00 AM

Chris Holman welcomed Gabriel (Gabe) Ehrlich, Director of Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE), U of M Dept. of Economics, Ann Arbor, MI.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Scott Hiipakka, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, A Transformative Year

Michigan Business Beat
March 11, 2024 8:00 AM

Chris Holman welcomes back Scott Hiipakka, CEO, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, Southfield, MI.

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Michigan Business Beat | Scott Hiipakka, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, A Transformative Year

Michigan Business Beat
March 8, 2024 6:00 PM

Chris Holman welcomes back Scott Hiipakka, CEO, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, Southfield, MI.

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MEDC | Bay City Achieves MEDC’s Redevelopment Ready Communities “Essentials” Status

Michigan Business Network
March 8, 2024 5:00 PM

Designation signals communities have identified redevelopment goals, created a master plan for the future

LANSING, Mich. – For its efforts in establishing a more streamlined development process and overall community development vision, the City of Bay City achieved the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Essentials designation under the new RRC 2.0 framework, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced Tuesday.

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Cinnaire | Ubuntu Fund Secures $55 Million Investment from Prominent Financial Institutions to Create Pathways for Equitable Access

Michigan Business Network
March 8, 2024 3:00 PM

Cinnaire has announced the closing of the $55 million Ubuntu Fund, an equitable access fund developed to support affordable housing development with underinvested developers in the Midwest region. The creation of this fund was made possible through the investments of leading financial institutions – JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, KeyBank, and Fifth Third Bank. The fund has already been fully subscribed and awarded to developers of affordable housing.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Gabe Ehrlich, RSQE - Research Regarding Detroit's Economic Circumstances

Michigan Business Beat
March 8, 2024 12:00 PM

Chris Holman welcomed Gabriel (Gabe) Ehrlich, Director of Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE), U of M Dept. of Economics, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Pure Lansing : LEAP’s Nationally Recognized Entrepreneurship Program, One and All, Welcomes Its Eighth Cohort

Pure Lansing
March 8, 2024 8:00 AM

Empowering Entrepreneurs Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties to Innovate, Create Jobs and Foster Investment 

LANSING, Mich. (Mar. 7, 2024) — The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) proudly announces the selection of fourteen entrepreneurs for Cohort 8 of its acclaimed One and All entrepreneurship program. This program guides, mentors, and invests seed money in the region’s top new business idea creators.

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