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MISSION: To accelerate the entire Lansing Region into one of the nation’s leading and most exciting economic engines, full of diverse opportunities to create wealth, investment, jobs, innovation and ideas for the benefit of all.
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MISSION:
To accelerate the entire Lansing Region into one of the nation’s leading and most exciting
economic engines, full of diverse opportunities to create wealth, investment, jobs, innovation and
ideas for the benefit of all.
• Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
•We are here to assist private companies in their endeavor to create ideas, profit, jobs and investment.
• Appointed by Governor Snyder and the MEDC to represent Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties in economic development matters (1 of 10 regional entities in the state).
• An economic development organization serving the three counties of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham. • LEAP is a 501(c)(6), funded by private and public supporters.
What is LEAP?
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Why Join LEAP?(Get the Inside Track)
• To lead the demand for a coordinated economic development effort that aggressively and effectively attracts and retains businesses of all varieties.
•To create a more diverse and inviting region, one that will help you recruit and retain the top talent (and their spouses) you need to compete in a talent-competitive global environment.
• To help us create more job opportunities for your family and neighbors, in part by changing our region’s mindset, creating an entrepreneurial and business start-up culture.
• To provide more business opportunities and contacts to help broaden your network and help your individual business grow.
2012 LEAP Year-End Report
Apex Precision Solutions - 9 Dart Container - 347Two Men and A Truck - 125 Elmet - 15Martin Brower - 162 Profile Metal Forming - 25Pratt & Whitney - 20 FC Mason - 40Technology Innovation Center - 22 Business Accelerator Fund - 15
2012 LEAP Year-End Report
2012 Year-End Report
Facts at a Glance:Facts at a Glance:
• 10 BAF Grants Awarded
• $169,662 BAF Value• #1 in State of Michigan for successful applications
• 4 Applications Rejected
2012 LEAP Year-End Report
Grantees:Grantees:APEX Precision
BioPhotonic Solutions
FluidRide
Invention Enterprises
MemoTouch
NamesforLife
Opti02
Retia Medical
Supported Intelligence
Zon Labs
Business Accelerator Fund Grants(High Tech, Michigan State University / SmartZone
related Business Start-Up Monies)
Work Group Opportunities(Join & Lead)
• Accelerator Region (FRIB and more)
• Agriculture Development
• Automotive Industry & Property
• Global Lansing
• Lansing Regional SmartZone
• LEAP - Tri-County Regional Economic Partners (L-TREP)
• Michigan Avenue CIA
• Placemaking (placed two pieces of art in public strategic locations in 2012).
• Regional Innovation Network (RIN)
Examples of Private Sector LEAP Members(Your CEO Colleagues want to see you at the Table)
Accident FundAKT Peerless Auto-Owners Insurance CompanyBlue Cross Blue ShieldThe Christman Company C2AEClark Construction Consumers EnergyDart Development Group Dean TransportationDemmer Corporation DTN ManagementEmergent Bio SolutionsFarm Bureau Insurance Fifth Third BankFoster , Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. Greater Lansing Business Monthly
Harvest Creative Services Jackson National LifeLAFCULake Trust Credit UnionLansing State Journal/Gannett GroupLoomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C.Meijer Inc. Michigan State University Federal Credit UnionPeckham IndustriesPM Environmental Services PNC Bank Sparrow Health SystemSpartan Motors Two Men And a Truck
Examples of Public Sector Members
Bath Township Capital Area Michigan Works!Capital Area Transit Authority Capital Region International AirportCity of DeWitt City East Lansing City of Lansing City of St. JohnsClinton County Delhi Township Delta TownshipDeWitt TownshipGreater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau Ingham County
Lansing Board of Water & Light Lansing Community College Lansing Regional Chamber of CommerceLansing TownshipMeridian TownshipMichigan State University Prima CivitasWatertown Township
Annual Membership Categories
Lead Investor* (Private) $35,000
Large Municipality* (Population 10,000+) $15,000
Entrepreneurial, Small Business, and Professional* $10,000
Member* (Individual, Private) $5,000
Small Municipality* (Population under 10,000) $3,000
*All memberships billed on Annual Basis
Membership Benefits
$35,000 (Lead Investor)
• Eligible to serve on LEAP Executive Committee
• Eligible to become Officer of Executive Committee
• Automatic permanent seat on Steering Committee (Meet
Quarterly)
• May attend all Board meetings and Annual Meeting
• Online advertising
• Participation in Work Groups
Membership Benefits
$15,000 (Large Municipality)
• May attend all Board meetings and Annual Meeting
• Eligible for Rotating, One-Year At-Large seat on Steering
Committee
• Eligible for Executive Committee and Officers
• Online advertising
• Access to Free Dun and Bradstreet and Criminal Reports
• Available free CRM system (Salesforce.com)
• Participation in Work Groups
Membership Benefits
$10,000 (Entrepreneurial, Small Business & Professional)
• May attend all Board meetings (3 per year) and Annual
Meeting
• Eligible for Rotating, One-Year At-Large Seat on Steering
Committee
• Eligible for Executive Committee and to be an Officer
• Online advertising
• Participation in Work Groups
Membership Benefits
$5,000 (Individual)
• May attend all Board meetings including Annual Meeting
• Eligible for Rotating, One-Year At-Large Seat on Steering
Committee
• Eligible for Executive Committee and Officers
• Online advertising
• Access to Free Dun and Bradstreet and Criminal Reports
• Participation in Work Groups
Membership Benefits
$3,000 (Small Municipality)
• May attend all Board meetings (3 per year) including Annual
Meeting
• Eligible for Rotating, One-Year At-Large seat on Steering
Committee
• Eligible for Executive Committee and Officers
• Online advertising
• Access to Free Dun and Bradstreet and Criminal Reports
• Available free CRM system (Salesforce.com)
• Work Group participation welcome
Organizational Leadership
Executive Committee: Four Officers, past Chair and two Rotating, At-Large seats Meets Monthly (10 meetings), including four Steering Committee meetings CEOs only (no proxy)
Steering Committee: All $35,000 investors plus six Rotating, At-Large seats Meets four-times per year CEO/Executive level attendance
Board of Directors: Meets three times per year including Annual Meeting Open to all CEO members and their staff
Still not sure about joining LEAP?
Because the Lansing Region’s time has arrived……Our Region finally deserves the best.
We all deserve to say with a great sense of pride that we live, work and create in one of the nation’s economic
powerhouse regions and, as a demonstration of that fact, we have to have one of the best regional economic development organizations representing this region
and driving us towards that vision.
It cannot happen without your leadership.OUR time and YOUR time is now!
Contact
BOB TREZISEBOB TREZISE
President & CEO
Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
Phone: (517)702-3387
Email: [email protected]
Online: purelansing.com
