Both recording remotely, Jeffrey Mosher catches up with Ned Staebler, President and CEO, TechTown Detroit who is also Vice President for Economic Development, Wayne State University
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Jeffrey Mosher catches up with Andy Hayes, President NLEA, Northern Lakes Economic Alliance from Petoskey, MI.
Foundation will match donations and make grants to meet urgent infrastructure needs of human services agencies due to COVID-19
LANSING, Mich. - The Capital Region Community Foundation has announced it will dedicate $1 million to human services agencies stressed due to COVID-19, helping to meet infrastructure needs such as staffing and technology. The Community Foundation will use its $1 million to match new donations for these efforts, leveraging even more resources to help human services agencies throughout Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
Deadline is Sunday, March 29, at 11:59 p.m.
(FLINT, Mich. – March 27, 2020) Small businesses in Flint and Genesee County impacted by the COVID-19 virus can now apply for grants and loans through the Michigan Small Business Relief Program.
LEAP Accepting Applications for State Allocated Emergency Grant Funds from Small Businesses Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties
LANSING, Mich. (Mar. 26, 2020) – Wednesday, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) successfully secured $600,000 from the MEDC’s Small Business Relief Program to issue 60 $10,000 grants to small businesses across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties that are suffering financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Webinar for Manufacturers: Show COVID-19 Products and Component Buyers your Capabilities
Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Fred Molnar, Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation MEDC, Lansing, MI into the studio to discuss the Michigan Strategic Fund approved more than $2 million in funding today with the goal of growing Michigan’s economy and supporting high-tech startups and entrepreneurs across the state.
Retail, Restaurant and Child Care Businesses Hit Hard According to LEAP’s COVID-19 Business-Needs Survey Results
LANSING, Mich. (Mar. 25, 2020) – As the COVID-19 crisis persists, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership has been collecting feedback from small businesses across the Lansing region. Preliminary results confirm retail, restaurant and child care businesses and their workers are in the most desperate need of immediate financial assistance if they are to have any hope of an eventual return to normal operations.
COVID-19 Update
The past two weeks have represented an unprecedented and rapidly evolving time in Michigan and around the world. Shared below are resources gathered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Immediate impact on small businesses; layoffs and wage cuts loom elsewhere
(FLINT, Mich. – March 24, 2020) The negative effects of the global coronavirus pandemic on businesses in Flint and Genesee County is clear and will be more pronounced with the latest executive order by Gov. Whitmer to temporarily suspend in-person operations for the next three weeks with ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’. Nearly two-thirds of local businesses are already experiencing quantifiable impacts to their operations, according to the findings of a recent survey by the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce.
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