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Pure Lansing, hosted by Bob Trezise, focuses on positive news and events coming out of the Greater Lansing area.

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LEAP Awarded $150,000 ECIC Regional Child Care Planning Grant

Pure Lansing
March 13, 2023 5:00 PM

Grant Seeks to Strategically Strengthen Regional Child Care System

LANSING, Mich. (March 13, 2023) — The Lansing Region’s vital childcare industry is taking a significant step forward thanks to a Regional Child Care Coalition Planning grant from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC). Led by the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), with Capital Area Michigan Works! (CAMW!) and the United Way of South Central Michigan (UWSCMI), LEAP received a $150,000 grant to support the Capital Area Child Care Coalition (CACCC) to connect, strengthen and expand the regional childcare ecosystem.

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LEAP Launches Effort to Ensure Tri-County Residents Have Accurate Information About the Proposed Michigan Manufacturing Innovation Campus Site

Pure Lansing
March 8, 2023 12:00 PM

LANSING, Mich. (March 8, 2023) – The Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) mission is to work with local business and community leaders to attract world-class companies to Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties and create jobs and community investment that support our families and our local economies.

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LEAP’s One and All Inclusive Entrepreneurship Initiative Welcomes 20 New Entrepreneurs to Seventh Program

Pure Lansing
March 7, 2023 3:00 PM

The One and All Program Continues to Accelerate Economic Mobility in the Lansing Region 

LANSING, Mich. (March 7, 2023) – Twenty entrepreneurs from Ingham County have been selected to participate in One and All program seven! This will be the first cohort solely funded by Ingham County, through the Ingham County Sunrise Program created in April 2021 using $11 million from the county’s first tranche of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

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Application Period Still Open for Diversity Star Award Recognizing a Regional Champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Pure Lansing
February 9, 2023 11:00 AM

Four Major Community Awards to be Presented Annually at LRCC Annual Dinner
Lansing, Michigan – The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) are pleased to announce that applications are open for the second annual Diversity Star Award, honoring organizations that champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and the Lansing regional community.

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Pure Lansing | Shyft Group Invests $16M to Build Blue Arc All-Electric Commercial Vehicles in Charlotte

Pure Lansing
February 7, 2023 12:00 PM

Latest Expansion in Charlotte Reinforces Lansing Region's Growing EV Manufacturing and Supply Chain Prowess 

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (Feb 7, 2023) — Today, the Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) announced plans to continue investing in and expanding the company's facilities in Charlotte, Mich. Shyft will invest approximately $16 million for expansion and improvements in facilities and new equipment related to the production of electric vehicles (EV). The latest expansion plans will enable the production of commercial electric vehicles for its Blue Arc™ EV Solutions brand, launched last year.

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Pure Lansing | Applications Are Open for Second Elevate Cohort, LEAP and PNC Foundation’s Groundbreaking Black Entrepreneurship Program in the Lansing Region

Pure Lansing
February 2, 2023 8:00 AM

Program Seeks to Increase and Strengthen Black Businesses Across Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties  

LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 1, 2023) — The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), with support from the PNC Foundation, has opened applications for the second cohort of Elevate, a Black business accelerator program in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties. Applications to the Elevate program will be accepted until February 26, 2023. 

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Application Open for Diversity Star Award Recognizing a Regional Champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Pure Lansing
January 30, 2023 4:00 PM

Four Major Community Awards to be Presented Annually at LRCC Annual Dinner
Lansing, Michigan – The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) are pleased to announce that applications are open for the second annual Diversity Star Award, honoring organizations that champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and the Lansing regional community.

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Pure Lansing | LEAP and PNC Foundation Celebrate Completion of Inaugural Groundbreaking Black-business Accelerator Program - Elevate

Pure Lansing
January 12, 2023 4:00 PM

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 the community, funders, family, and friends to celebrate the completion of the first Elevate Black-business accelerator program.

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Fastest Declining Jobs in U.S. Lose Ground to New Technology

Pure Lansing
January 11, 2023 12:00 PM

[CommercialCafe Study]

Following up on our previous analysis of the country’s fastest-growing jobs from 2012 through 2021, CommercialCafe’s newest report shifts the focus toward the occupations that saw the sharpest decline during that same timeframe.

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Lansing Regional SmartZone Approves Historic $450K Investment to Support High-Growth, High-Tech Businesses

Pure Lansing
December 23, 2022 8:00 AM

Partnerships Pave the Way for First of Its Kind Tech Entrepreneurship Investment in Lansing Region

EAST LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 28, 2022) — 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) is looking to accelerate the momentum.

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