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Dame Federal Credit Union, which offers nearly 72,000 square feet of the awardees of the City of
opened its Lansing branch in April. exhibit space, a 13,320-square-foot Lansing’s FY 2024–2025 Façade
Child and Family Charities is the ballroom, and 20 breakout rooms, Improvement Program. This grant
region’s leading nonprofit serving connecting to nearby hotels and program helps small businesses
vulnerable populations with event venues. The partnership and property owners enhance
services ranging from basic needs aims to enhance event offerings, the appearance, accessibility, and
and mental health treatment to improve guest experiences, and structural integrity of building
youth shelter and family support. strengthen the economic impact façades across the city. This year,
of Lansing’s downtown facilities, 24 businesses received a total of
elevating Lansing as a destination $257,173 in grants. Recipients span
for meetings, conventions, and industries from childcare and
live events. retail to food service and personal
care, reflecting Lansing’s diverse
entrepreneurial community.
Choose Lansing is celebrating
®
15 years of the Certified Tourism
Ambassador (CTA) program. To LAFCU awarded $10,000 to winners
mark this milestone, hundreds of its 2025 Pathway to Financial
of CTAs were honored with a Transformation Essay Contest at
celebration that included cake its Lansing headquarters. The
at the Choose Lansing office and annual contest encourages
recognition at a Lansing Lugnuts Michiganders to review financial
baseball game. Greater Lansing habits, reduce debt, and plan for
CTAs are at the heart of the long-term stability. Four winners,
region’s hospitality, welcoming Alisha Alexander of East Lansing,
visitors, sharing insider tips, and Anthony Dugarte of Fenton,
showcasing all the community has DaVasha Lobbins of Lansing,
to offer. The program continues and one anonymous recipient
to play a vital role in ensuring each received $2,500 to support
residents and visitors alike personal financial goals. The
enjoy memorable experiences contest is open to both members
throughout Greater Lansing. and non-members and will return
in spring 2026. MiSTEM Mid-Michigan Region
sponsored the 2025 Camp
Downtown Lansing Inc. hosted Invention, held July 21–23 at the
its annual Evening of Excellence IQhub at AgroLiquid in St. Johns.
on August 7 at La Fille Gallery. The The nationally recognized hands-
event celebrated collaboration, on STEM camp welcomed 34
community growth, and local students entering grades 2–5
leadership. This year’s celebration from six area districts: DeWitt,
was especially meaningful as DLI Fowler, Lansing, Laingsburg,
and Downtown Lansing marked Ovid-Elsie, and St. Johns. Hosted
Lansing Entertainment & Public their 15th anniversary as a Main by IQhub, a nonprofit focused on
Facilities Authority (LEPFA) has Street community. The evening agricultural and environmental
partnered with Legends/ASM recognized volunteers, businesses, education, the three-day camp
Global to provide management and partners whose dedication featured immersive, project-based
services for the Lansing Center, the continues to shape and strengthen modules that combined creativity
city-owned convention and events downtown Lansing. with problem-solving. The camp
hub. The five-year agreement, provided a fun and inspiring way to
effective July 1, 2025, also includes The Lansing Economic spark curiosity and STEM learning.
management of Groesbeck Golf Development Corporation
Course and maintenance services (Lansing EDC), in partnership with
for Jackson Field. Lansing Center Mayor Andy Schor, announced
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