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CONTENTS
ECONOMIC CLUB
07 Civil Rights Activist Donzaleigh
Abernathy Tells Lansing Economic
Club: Michigan Must Rise Up to Protect
Racial Justice
MEMBER NEWS
08 Shyft Group Invests $16M to Build Blue
Arc All-Electric Commercial Vehicles in
Charlotte
FOCUS ON TALENT
Courtesy Capital Area Housing Partnership 09 Workforce Investment Support Letter
09 $4M Approved to Local Businesses for
Workforce Development Efforts
Sent to MI Legislature
CHAMBER NEWS
14 10 Meet Our New Chamber Board Members
11 LRCC Hires Sarah Bakken to Newly
Created Talent Development Manager
Position
ADVOCACY
on the cover 12 Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion
Passed by the State Legislature
THE IMPACT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS: 13 Capital Region Improvement Support
WILL GREATER LANSING HAVE THE Package Essential
HOUSING TO SUPPORT FUTURE
WORKFORCE NEEDS? SPECIAL SECTION: HOUSING IN
GREATER LANSING
18 Affordable Housing Shortage Squeezes
monthly features Lansing Area Families
20 Lansing’s Homeless Population: A
04 Message from the Chamber Snapshot of Our Community
05 Calendar of Events
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
06 Thank You Renewing Members 22 Healthcare leader Margaret Dimond
06 Welcome New Members Named President of E.W. Sparrow
Hospital
07 Chamber Milestones
23 Chamber Supports Expansion of
24 Members on the Move Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
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