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        Grand River Assembly Plants just     Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.   Enrollment Period (AEP) beginning
        two-and-a-half miles from I-496. The   Twenty percent of the projects      Oct. 15 for the 2022 calendar year.
        center is a cross-dock, fully sprinkled   support residents with special needs.
        facility that is ideal for users in
        assembly, light manufacturing, and   Kelley Cawthorne, Michigan’s leading
        distribution. It includes 4,600 square   bi-partisan government relations firm,
        feet of office space, 60 docks, and   announced it has again selected the
        two grade-level doors.               City of Detroit as the location for its
                                             Southeast Michigan office. The firm
                                             has opened its new TechTown office.
                                             The new Kelley Cawthorne Southeast
                                             Michigan office is located at 440
                                             Burroughs St., Suite 337, in Detroit.   OUTFRONT – Lansing has been
                                                                                   confirmed as the vendor to advertise
                                             On Friday, Oct. 1, Capital Area       on all of the CATA Buses around
                                             Manufacturing Council (CAMC)          Lansing & East Lansing. This is the
                                             members visited schools throughout    first time in history that CATA is
                                             Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee,   allowing advertising on these buses.
        LAFCU offered free document          Livingston and Ionia counties to      OUTFRONT – Lansing plans to
        shredding to the public at the credit   celebrate National Manufacturing   start rolling out these buses at the
        union’s Shred Day, held on Saturday,   Day. These K-12 presentations       beginning of the new year.
        Oct. 9 from10 a.m. to noon, to reduce   were part of a nationwide effort to
        identify theft. A mobile shredding   change public perception about
        truck was set-up at LAFCU’s West     today’s advanced manufacturing
        Lansing Branch, 106 N. Marketplace   industry and draw attention to career
        Blvd., for on-site secure destruction   opportunities available in this sector,
        of personal documents. The paper     highlighting modern technology
        was recycled. Each person able to    and work environments. Each year,
        drop off up to four Bankers Boxes    Manufacturing Day teaches students,
        of materials to be shred. Masks      parents and the public about modern
        were required and social distancing   manufacturing.                       Lansing Community College (LCC)
        measures was in place.                                                     joined the National Fallen Firefighters
                                             The Capital Area Humane Society       Foundation tribute to firefighters
                                             is well on its way to improving how it   who died in the line of duty. LCC
                                             protects and heals the homeless and   lit the Granger Clock Tower on the
                                             abused animals in its care. The region’s   Downtown Campus, and the dome at
                                             most progressive animal protection    West Campus red, in honor of some of
                                             organization has launched the         America’s bravest heroes. As darkness
                                             public and final phase of its Creating   fell over the sky between Sept. 26 –
                                             Hope, Completing Families Capital     Oct. 3, LCC landmarks glowed red for
                                             Campaign, a $500,000 fundraising      the fourth year in a row, with respect
                                             effort to meet its $2.5 million overall   to fallen firefighters, first responders,
                                             goal by Nov. 19.                      and their families.

                                             Michigan Medicine and Saint Joseph    As part of its community outreach
        Cinnaire has announced the           Mercy Health System, a member         and giving efforts, CASE Credit Union
        closing of a $175.7 million Low      of Trinity Health, have announced     recently presented Helping Hands
        Income Housing Tax Credit Fund       a partnership with Lansing-based      Food Pantry with a check for $4,362.
        that will finance the development    Physicians Health Plan (PHP) to       The funds were raised by credit union
        or preservation of more than         bring a new choice in Medicare        employees throughout the second
        1,648 affordable homes and 2,441     Advantage plans to Livingston and     quarter of 2021.Helping Hands Food
        bedrooms in 5 states. Nine investors   Washtenaw counties. The plans will   Pantry is a faith-based 501(c)(3)
        are participating in the fund, which   be marketed under the name U-M      nonprofit operated almost entirely
        is Cinnaire’s largest multi-investor   Health + St. Joe’s Advantage and are   by volunteers. It provides a seven-day
        equity fund since 2016. Cinnaire Fund   administered by PHP. U-M Health +   supply of groceries and personal care
        for Housing Limited Partnership      St. Joe’s Advantage will be available to   items free of charge to people in need
        36 (Cinnaire F36) will support       Medicare-eligible residents of those   from the community, regardless of
        20 properties in Illinois, Indiana,   counties during the Medicare Annual   their religious beliefs.
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