Excerpt from the 2010 Fall Meeting: Making Smart Growth Happen: Creating Successful Regional Alliances for Sustainable Development

A rendering of the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum designed by world-renowned architect, Zaha Hadid:

  See below for the results of the 2010 US Census results by county: Map - http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/

The Placemaking Strategy Team is undertaking an initiative to educate, connect, and learn from regional place professionals, such as DDA directors, pl...

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This article from the Lansing Bureau of the Free Press... We've got to think, act positive .... is an interview of our new Gov as of Saturday. &#...

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 WKAR story on BOOST Greater Lansing winner Jon Priebe and Citadel Defense Technologies and Leap, Inc. 

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I've been in the game of running a business for years.  I also got into being a Entrepreneur Support Professional (ESP as I call us) before it wa...

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It's too short!  It goes by too fast!  You can't fit it all in!  This is a common chorus I hear when I ask what people think of the Boo...

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Mood as defined by the dictionary is a "state of mind" or we can also think of it as "an orientation to the world".  Is it a place of abundance, ...

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 Good morning!!! Most important to any initiative is to gage the interest of the customer BEFORE you use valuable resources: your time, your m...

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 The Edward Lowe Foundation began to narrowly focus on second-stage entrepreneurs in the early 2000s due to the important role second-stagers pla...

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 Walt Sorg interviews Caitlin Dewey of Kiplinger magazine on why they chose Lansing as one of "10 Great Cities for Young Adults". 

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 Excerpt from the November Greater Lansing Forward. Read other articles from November here. 

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 In the face of so many proclaiming the virtues of entrepreneurship and the capacity of new business formation to save our economy, Scott Shane, ...

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 Research has shown the critical importance of cultural and creative assets in building quality places and attracting talented knowledge workers....

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 COMMITTEE UPDATE:  In May 2010, the public members of the Regional Mission Strategy Team asked that the committee refocus its efforts to sm...

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Web Portal - One major initiative the team is focused on is providing a robust and centralized online location of resources to serve entrepreneurs.
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 The team worked with Capital Area Michigan Works on re-tooling previous “job expos”, to ensure the event delivers on the promise of being a vali...

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 The team worked with MSU to present the region’s only internship fair for college students.  We expanded the event this year to include a p...

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 The team has been working with two DeWitt High School teachers on their DeWitt Creativity Group project in which they offer an environment and r...

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 2009 was the inaugural year for Next Bright Idea, our idea competition that was created to foster and reward innovation and creativity and foste...

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  A month-long series of events and educational programs to ignite our creative culture, support aspiring entrepreneurs and catalyze new ve...

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 Greater Lansing is still making headlines Video Updated : Sept. 22, 2010

 Click here to listen to Pam and Sara talk about the regional headline video, Next American City and the Greater Lansing Regional Entrepreneurial...

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 Greater Lansing is STILL making headlines. Video Updates: Sept. 22, 2010

 

Kirk Riley from ITEC talks with Walt Sorg, listen here. 

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 Read an excerpt from the July issue of the Greater Lansing Forward by Tremaine Phillips and Rory Neuner. 

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 A talk by Clifton Taulbert and Gary Schoeniger.  August 10, 2010 at Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, East Lansing, MI. ...

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 View press release here. 

 Jordan Skole explains the msuENet program at the launch event on August 19, 2010 at the Technology Innovation Center

 Eric Jorgenson talks about The Hatch at the msuENet launch event. August 19, 2010 

 Dennis Pace of Pace and Partners, CoChair of the Placemaking strategy team talks 'talent, place and creativity' in Greater Lansing. 

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 Julie Pingston of the GLCVB gives an update about the Certified Tourism Ambassador program. 

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 The First Impressions Strategy Team, in collaborate with many others, is leading an initiative to connect college students with our regional com...

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 Tremaine Phillips, CoChair of Talent Infusion gives his take on the Kiplinger article as well as the Love Lansing movement. 

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 Jack Davis, CoChair of Greater Lansing Next, Regional Mission does an interview with Walt Sorg on the region's collaboration thus far. 

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Working with neighboring municipalities in the core urban area of Greater Lansing, members of the Placemaking and First Impressions Action Teams have ...

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The team has worked closely with Junior Achievement in an effort to expand the reach of JA of Mid-Michigan. As part of the charge, the team has promis...

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 So far, 135 businesses have pledged their support for life-long learning in greater Lansing.  It's great progress to date, but to reach the...

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 Passport to Adventure is going strong.  Students and families have until August 31 to fill their Passport postcards and mail them back for ...

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The team has been working on developing a plan for an initiative called “Taking Pride in Greater Lansing”  in which community members identify pl...

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Throughout the year, the team has been working on a plan to implement the use of this brand to regional partners in the form of a “toolkit” to create ...

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The CTA program is led by the Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the First Impressions team participated in the very first training p...

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For the second year, we have brought back the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour for college students. The program is designed to inspire students about th...

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 The IFS Cluster is quickly growing legs and will soon be completely up and running. Jamie Hess, Education Consultant, Office of Career and Techn...

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It doesn't take long to find great national press and top ten rankings about the Greater Lansing community.  In fact, the community and businesse...

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 Pulitzer nominated author and journalist will begin his tour in Greater Lansing following the Leap board meeting. Clifton and Gary Schoeniger, f...

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 Next Bright Idea 2011 will be launching this fall in similar fashion as 2010. On December 6, 2010, the submissions will begin rolling in and vot...

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 The Regional Entrepreneurial Collaborative grand put out by DeLeg is a grant given to enhance a regions entrepreneurial community. In Greater La...

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 The first group of roundtables has met 3 times and continues to collaborate. The second group plans to start meeting this fall. This group is lo...

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 As our team focused on expanding regional services that are supportive of entrepreneurship and focused on innovation, we have developed “5 on 5 ...

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Earlier this year, the group identified that there are 2500 new businesses that have started in the Greater Lansing region in the past 5 years, in 300...

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Dan Redford and Charles Eveslage, our team at the Shanghai Expo will end their work there on July 31.  While there, their blogs (www.shanghai-exp...

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 Randy Thayer, CoChair of Regional Mission speaks with Walt Sorg on TalkLansing.net

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 Arel Moodie of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour will be hosting a Free Webinar on July 15 at 8pm EST.  'It's going to be some insanely aw...

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 Capital Area Media is a regional TV channel started in Meridian Township that will bring awareness to the region and progress Greater Lansing is making. 

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 Greater Lansing region is highlighted as a community making great strides through regional branding. 

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 Listen to Erik and Walt talk about talent infusion in the Greater Lansing region.

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 Joe Manzella, Manager of Regional Programs does Walt Sorg's show on TalkLansing.net

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We are quickly approaching the August 24 launch date of the Greater Lansing Tourism Ambassadors Program, a certification program presented by the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau (GLCVB). The program serves to increase tourism by inspiring front-line employees and volunteers to work together to turn every first impression by a visitor into a positive experience.

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 Ray De Winkle, SVP of Global Business Development is interviewed by Walt Sorg on TalkLansing.net

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 Denyse Ferguson speaks on the importance of Junior Achievement and young entrepreneurship. 

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 Click here to listen to Tremaine Phillips on TalkLansing.net

 Listen live to Joe Manzella's interview with Walt Sorg

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 I have lived in Lansing most of my life (minus a wonderful year or so in New York City), and I am constantly inspired by the plethora of events,...

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In the Greater Lansing area, over 30 festivals celebrate arts and culture through exhibits, performances, cultural activities, and educational opportu...

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 Jeff Smith gives an update from the Entrepreneurship & Innovation extended strategy meeting. 

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 Jeff Smith gives an update from the Entrepreneurship & Innovation extended strategy meeting. 

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This past spring, I had the opportunity to visit Madison,Wisconsin to study how they are addressing the issue of talent infusion. My trip to Madison w...

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 Kate Tykocki of CAMW! gives an update of the current team initiatives of Talent Infusion.

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 Placemaking Strategy Team Co-Chair, Dennis Pace gives an update on the team initiatives. 

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Becky Cunningham's recent experiences here in Lansing is proof that our community is embracing Talent Infusion and, it works. 

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This initiative is focused improving engagement with current and incoming students with the Greater Lansing community, and introducing them to the ass...

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This project’s goal will be to encourage residents to take pride in their communities by committing to beautify a portion of public space in Greater L...

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 This initiative was developed based on the idea of ‘Be a Tourist in Your Own Town’. 4th grade students will be given a passport at the end of th...

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 Bill Demmer gives an update on the initiatives coming out of the Business 1st strategy team. 

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 Julie Pingston, Co-Chair of First Impressions gives an update on the initiatives the strategy team is working on. 

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 Tremaine Phillips speaks on the importance of Talent Infusion and renewable energy. 

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 View the Cultural Economic Development Plan in its entirety.

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 Business 1st Co-Chair Blogs on Deep Change

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When I went to college in the 1990's and received my formal art training, there was an idea that one must live in one of the country’s cultural center...

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 Guest Blogger and Greater Lansing Next Strategy Team member, Kate Tykocki talks about the importance of being a 'Tourist in your Own Town' 

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 Tremaine gives an update on some of the initiatives coming out of the collaboration. 

 Jack Davis, Co-Chair of Regional Mission gives an update on the progress of the team.

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 Talent Infusion Strategy Team Chair, Tremaine Phillips recounts the amazing effort put forth by the Greater Lansing 4 Google team this Spring. 

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 Jennifer Middlin discusses why TEDxLansing?

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This initiative is intended to improve multi-modal transportation that supports, sustains and grows economic value in the Michigan Avenue - Grand Rive...

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The Cities of Lansing and East Lansing along with Lansing Charter Township have been working together to create a joint Corridor Improvement Authority...

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Touch all start-up businesses in the region by the end of 2010.  There are 2500 businesses that have started in the Greater Lansing region in the...

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Michigan Avenue is the “Main Street” for our region and it is the focus of several initiatives that will improve both the way the corridor functions a...

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This program was developed to connect five emerging entrepreneurs with five established entrepreneurs to engage in conversation and to create a sense ...

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The Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau is developing the Greater Lansing Tourism Ambassador Program for the Greater Lansing region. T...

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Greater Lansing regional brand - “Greater Lansing. Where it all comes together.” The team is developing a “tool kit” of resources to make availab...

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Focused on improving transit connections in the Greater Lansing Region as well as building the region’s green infrastructure.  Leap has partnered...

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Keep Learning is a coalition of businesses, government, media and educators that recognizes the need to put a high value on education in our community...

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Recently graduated MSU students, Dan Redford and Charles Eveslage were selected to serve as U.S. student ambassadors at the 2010 World Expo in Shangha...

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Spotlight Michigan student research project through MSU Professor Bryan Ritchie’s Michigan Center for Innovation & Economic Prosperity Seminar.
...

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 Leap is bringing back the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour on November 10.   The tour brings some of the country’s top entrepreneurs to c...

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JA is currently teaching about 180 classes right now, only reaching about 8% of the 83,000 tri-county K-12 students.  Leap CEO Denyse Ferguson wi...

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Leap launched the “Next Bright Idea” competition in the fall of 2009 to foster and reward smart and innovative thinking and support entrepreneurship a...

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This web-based tool will feature a comprehensive database of the Greater Lansing region’s business resources and services, to help businesses at every...

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Two new Business Roundtable groups kicked off in May.  22 business leaders from the region will be meeting monthly with peer business owners, lea...

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 Denyse Ferguson, Leap President & CEO welcomes users to GreaterLansingNext.com.

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Business incubators are programs designed to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their services...

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