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MEMBERS ON THE MOVE



                                             member of the board for
                                             15 years.
                                                               Ele’s Place
                                                               Capital Region
                                                               is pleased to
                                                               announce the
                                                               appointment of
                                                               new community
                                                               board member
                                                               Paul Kearney,       MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU)
                                                               chief claims        announced that it will expand its
                                                               officer, AF         support of student-athletes by
                                             Kearney
                                                               Group. AF Group     providing compensation to all
                                             has supported Ele’s Place since its   eligible players on the Michigan
                                             inception in 1991.                    State University (MSU) women’s
                                                                                   basketball team for the 2021-2022
                                             COMPANY NEWS                          season (October – June) through
                                                                                   name, image, and likeness contracts.
                                             The Ingham County Board of            MSUFCU has been a sponsor of
                                             Commissioners and the Lansing         MSU Athletics for more than 12
                                             Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)      years, and became the presenting
                                             announced additional grant recipients   partner of MSU women’s basketball
                                             of the $11 million Ingham County      in 2019 as part of its multiyear
                                             Sunrise Small Business Grants         athletics sponsorship agreement.
                                             Program. Eighty-three nonprofit       MSUFCU sees this partnership as an
                                             organizations from across Ingham      opportunity to assist women athletes
                                             County received grants of $10,000 or   and to recognize the value they bring
                                             $20,000 based on annual revenue,      to the university and the community.
            A Leadership                     employment and other factors, for a
             Book with a                     total of $1,240,000 in grant awards.   The Mid-Michigan Treatment Courts
                                                                                   Foundation held its 11th annual
                                             The nonprofit awards add on to the
         TWIS T                              $3, 235,000in grant funds LEAP and    breakfast Oct. 29. The Foundation
                                                                                   continues to support local sobriety
                                             Ingham County awarded in the Retail,
                                             Goods and Services and Hospitality
                                                                                   by helping to alleviate everyday
                                             and Tourism categories in September   courts and their participants
                                             2021, for a total of $4,475,000       financial obstacles that may hinder a
                                             distributed to date. Relief grants in   participant’s progress towards sobriety
                                             other categories will be awarded in   such as substance abuse counseling
                                             the coming weeks, including grants    fees and transportation costs. This
                                             for sole proprietors, new businesses   year’s guest speaker was Joshua Corts
                                             started during the pandemic and       who has battled addiction for years
                                             restaurants/eateries/taverns.         and now uses his experience to help
                                                                                   others as a certified peer recovery
                                             The Clinton County Board of           mentor for the mid-Michigan area.
                                             Commissioners took action to assist
                                             small businesses negatively affected   Reseda Group is proud to announce
                                             by the COVID-19 pandemic by           the acquisition of Foresight Group,
                                             allocating $2 million from the county’s   a technology driven commercial
                                             first tranche of American Rescue Plan   printing company with locations in
                                             Act funds for small business grants.   Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
         Author: Ross Woodstock              The county selected the Lansing       Founded in 1990 by President Bill
              Executive Coach and            Economic Area Partnership to design   Christofferson, Foresight Group has
             Leadership Consultant           and administer the program, which     grown to become the largest printer in
                Available on Amazon          will deliver grants ranging from      mid-Michigan providing commercial
                                             $10,000-$25,000 to small businesses   printing, direct mail services, large
                                             with 100 or fewer employees physically   sign printing, promotional items, trade
                                             located in Clinton County.            show displays, and most recently
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