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

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

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