LOCAL TO GLOBAL 2018 ANNUAL REPORT LANSING ECONOMIC AREA PARTNERSHIP (LEAP) THE LEAP TEAM

Vision, Mission & Core Values STATEMENT

VISION To be the best destination for global talent and investment, their home by choice.

MISSION We build a stronger community for all, working every day to grow, retain and attract business.

LEAP CORE VALUES We commit to: 1. Relentless advocacy on behalf of our entire region. 2. Demonstrating the highest ethical conduct and transparency. 3. Embracing inclusion, equity and diversity. 4. Partnerships as the foundation of our success — Stronger Together! 5. Well-defined measurable results. 6. A passion for creativity and innovation.

Seated L to R ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NEW ECONOMY DIVISION BUSINESS ATTRACTION MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 7. Persuade and persevere. Bob Trezise Karl Dorshimer Tony Willis Keith Lambert Victoria Meadows President & CEO Vice President of Director of New Economy Vice President Vice President of Marketing and Communications Economic Development President of PROTO Accelerator of Business Attraction Katlyn Lindstrom Standing L to R Marchelle Smith Anum Mughal Jerry Norris* Dillon Rush Marketing Content Manager Controller Economic-Corridor Business Accelerator Manager Tri-County Development Raechel Marks* *Contractor Development Specialist & Placemaking Manager Siso Dhladhla Graphic Design Kris Klein New Economy Development Specialist Marsha Madle* (not pictured) Economic Development Specialist Business Retention Specialist Lansing Brewing Company, 2015 LEAP project Joe Carr Deputy Director of New Economy Vice President of PROTO Accelerator 2 3 A MESSAGE FROM BOB

The Lansing region’s economic development efforts are as hot as ever! Nearly LEAP continues its placemaking TABLE OF $3 billion in investment is either underway, announced or soon to be announced grants with PNC Foundation, creating throughout the entire region. That is historic. better places in strategic public locations around our region. We will In 2018, LEAP projects created by the private sector will near the $700 million continue to sponsor the Lansing Poet mark in private investment with 654 direct jobs created. Since 2012, private sector Laureate and diversity programming. CONTENTS projects substantially assisted by LEAP total $2.6 billion in private investment and We are marketing and branding our 5,513 new direct jobs. region around the world in targeted, sophisticated ways. In 2018, LEAP announced the best year in the history of our region for successfully recruiting companies from outside of the region: Does it matter? • Glanbia, Ireland’s fifth largest company which brings a $470 million dairy In 2017-2018: processing campus project to St. Johns, which will be the largest operation in Lansing was the 4th Best Place in the state. 2 America for Millennial Homebuyers LEAP Organizational Structure • Proliant Dairy Ingredients, an Iowa-based dairy processor, brings an additional $85 million to St. Johns related to the Glanbia project. Lansing was the #1 Best Most Affordable Place in America • Norm Fasteners, a rapidly growing manufacturer from Turkey, announced a $1 million initial distribution before manufacturing begins in the city of Lansing. Lansing was one of only two major cities 4 in the entire state to grow population Homegrown Prosperity • Metal Stripping Services, from outside of our region, invested $500,000 in Williamstown Township. Lansing was the 4th Best Place in the Great Lakes for college grads to live While LEAP played key lead roles in these efforts, the projects never would and work 14 have happened without critical local and state partnerships, all of which were Creating Jobs and Investment outstanding! And the LEAP attraction pipeline is still full. GDP of high-tech sector in our region grew from #98 to #21 nationally LEAP also assisted or completed many other projects across our entire region, under the Ingham County contract (Thank you Chair Celentino) and the City of #1 in state for growing population Lansing contract (thank you Mayor Schor): The $150 million Village of Okemos between 25 – 34 18 project, Pat Gillespie’s Capital City Market/hotel project, Cultivating Innovation Brent Forsberg’s “Wing” building rehab project and the Dunkel Road housing #1 in state for educational attainment project. LEAP also continues to hold regular meetings with McLaren and the MSU ages 25 – 64 over the last five years Foundation, working toward a new $550 million hospital and the eventual reuse of #1 in state Labor Force Growth in last what will be the former McLaren hospital sites. 20 five years, 16+ Launched In Lansing Additionally, we have been putting the finishing touches on the downtown East Only region in to have a Lansing Harbor Bay twin high-rises, the former downtown Lansing YMCA, the long positive overall employment growth vacant Oliver Towers building next to LCC, the Red Cedar Renaissance project and 2012-2017 22 so many more, all at some level of final development. In 2019, LEAP is launching its PROTO InsurTech program in partnership with Our People. Our Place. our initial founders, Delta Dental of Michigan and Farm Bureau Insurance. This important program, as a benefit to our insurance industry and high-tech ecosystem, 2019 LEAP Executive Committee will enable insurance companies and our community to better compete with other national insurance hub communities like Silicon Valley, Des Moines and Hartford. 24 Executive Officers At-Large Members Purpose and Prosperity LEAP is crucial to our burgeoning startup ecosystem. LEAP’s quarterly pitch competition, The Hatching, our state-renowned Youth Startup Expo, our PROTO April Clobes, Chair­­ Jeff Benson Steve Reynolds President & CEO President & CEO Vice President, Corporate Accelerator equity investment fund, running the Regional SmartZone including MSU Federal Credit Union CASE Credit Union Secretary & Services, AF Group the Business Accelerator Fund, counseling startups, consulting and working closely with our great friends at MSU Innovations, the MSU Foundation and the Edythe Copeland, Vice Chair Goran Jurkovic Tim Salisbury Lansing Small Business Development Center—all represent just a fraction of our President & CEO CEO Regional President Opposite page: Mid Michigan PNC Bank entrepreneurial programming. Capital Area Michigan Works! Delta Dental of Michigan Robert L. Trezise, Jr. Daryl Adams, Treasurer-Secretary Don McNabb Don Simon President & CEO, LEAP President & CEO CEO & Principal Scientist Executive Vice President LEAP played a key leadership role with our wonderful colleagues at Capital Area @BobTrezise Michigan Works! in creating Teach, Talent, Thrive (T3), a workforce development Spartan Motors, Inc. Triterra Farm Bureau Insurance organization meant to better connect public and private sectors. T3 is now kicking April Clobes Steve Curran, Past Chair Kirk Ray Deanna Swisher off MI Bright Future, MiCareer Quest and Reverse Job fairs — all workforce President & CEO, MSUFCU President & Creative Director Regional President Shareholder development programs that didn’t previously exist in our region. 2019 Board Chair, LEAP Harvest Creative Services McLaren Health System Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.

4 5 2019 LEAP BOARD OF DIRECTORS*

PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH CARE UTILITIES ACCOUNTING Matthew Rush, President & CEO, Chris Thelen, Area Manager, Sparrow Eaton Hospital Jeffrey J. Fineis, Partner, Consumers Energy Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, P.L.C. Kirk Ray, President & CEO, Richard Peffley, CEO, McLaren Greater Lansing Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) ASSOCIATIONS Joseph J. Ruth, Acting President & CEO, Deborah Mikula, Executive Director, Sparrow Health System WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Arts Council of Greater Lansing Edythe Copeland, CEO, HOTELS Tim Daman, President & CEO, Capital Area Michigan Works! Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Kenric Hall, General Manager, Radisson Hotel Lansing/Churchill Companies PUBLIC SECTOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INSURANCE Adam Havey, EVP, BioDefense Division Robert Showers, Commissioner & Chair, Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. Steve Reynolds, Vice President, Corporate Clinton County Secretary & Services, AF Group John Hayhoe, Supervisor, CONSTRUCTION/DEVELOPMENT B.J. Puchala, Sr. Community Liaison, Community Delhi Charter Township Steve Roznowski, President & CEO, Responsibility, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI Ken Fletcher, Supervisor, The Christman Company Goran Jurkovic, Chief Operating Officer, CFO & Delta Charter Township CRO, Delta Dental of Michigan CONVENTIONS & TOURISM Sue Leeming, Mayor, Donald E. Simon, CEO, City of DeWitt Jack A. Schripsema, President & CEO, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau Rick Galardi, Supervisor, David Zyble, Assistant Vice President of DeWitt Charter Township CREATIVE Government Relations, Jackson National Life Mark Meadows, Mayor, Steve Curran, President & Creative Director, Insurance Company City of East Lansing Harvest Creative Services LEGAL SERVICES Terrance Augustine, Commissioner, Eaton County EDUCATION Jarrod T. Smith, Attorney, Dykema Gossett PLLC (Lansing) Aaron Desentz, City Manager, Dr. Brent Knight, President, City of Eaton Rapids Lansing Community College Deanna Swisher, Shareholder, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. Thom Sowle, Mayor, Kathleen Wilbur, Executive Vice President of City of Grand Ledge Government & External Relations, Mick Grewel, Sr., Founding & Managing Partner, Michigan State University Grewel Law PLLC Mark Polsdofer, County Commissioner, Ingham County Jack Davis, Partner, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C. Andy Schor, Mayor, & SURVEYING City of Lansing Alan Wallace, Principal, Tim Inman, Principal, Applied Technology, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C Russ Whipple, Mayor, Spicer Group, Inc. City of Mason Jeffrey D. Ledy, Vice President, Midwest MANUFACTURING Patricia Herring-Jackson, Trustee, Buildings, Bergmann Mitch Tomlinson, President, Meridian Charter Township Peckham, Inc. Dana Beaman, Mayor, ENVIRONMENTAL Daryl Adams, President & CEO, City of St. Johns Spartan Motors, Inc. Don McNabb, CEO & Principal Scientist, John Maahs, Trustee, Triterra Scott VanWagenen, President, Watertown Charter Township Triton Industries ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING Corey Schmidt, City Manager, City of Williamston Mark Quimby, Senior Project Consultant, MEDIA Soil & Materials Engineers, Inc. Staci Holmes, Advertising Sales Manager, Marcus Braman, Supervisor, /Gannett Group Windsor Township FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Chris Holman, Founder, Jeffrey Benson, President & CEO, Michigan Business Network CASE Credit Union REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT Peter Kubacki, President, LEAP Dart Bank Van W. Martin, Chairman & CEO, Martin Commercial Properties Timothy Jewell, President, COMMITTEES Eaton Federal Savings Bank Marsha Zimmerman, Marketing Manager, Dart Development & WORKGROUPS Tom Ruis, Mid Michigan Market President, Fifth Third Bank Colin Cronin, Vice President, DTN Management Agriculture and Food Processing Workgroup David Snodgrass, President & CEO, Lake Trust Credit Union Mark Clouse, CFO & General Counsel, Accelerating Capital Region Workgroup George F. Eyde Family LLC April Clobes, President & CEO, MSU Federal Credit Union Pat Gillespie, President, Attraction Workgroup Gillespie Group Tim Salisbury, Regional President, Lansing PROTO Advisory Committee PNC Financial Services Brent Forsberg, President, T.A. Forsberg Placemaking Committee FINANCIAL/INVESTMENT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION Mark McDaniel, President & CEO, LEDC Runway Advisory Committee Cinnaire Brad Funkhouser, CEO & Executive Director, Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) Brian J. Lefler, Managing Director, Public Finance, Public Space Design Pros Robert W. Baird and Company, Inc. Wayne Sieloff, President & CEO, Capital Region Airport Authority FOUNDATIONS Mayor Mark Meadows of East Lansing and Kellie Dean, President & CEO, Mayor Andy Schor of Lansing. Dennis Fliehman, President & CEO, Dean Transportation Capital Region Community Foundation

6 *Members as of 3/30/19. For updated list visit purelansing.com/board 7 2012-2018 CUMULATIVE IMPACT

Total Project Investment $2,582,797,188

Companies Launched Projects Jobs Created 148 86 5,513

LEAP’S 7-YEAR IMPACT REGIONAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION $725.4 $682.5 MILLONS OF US DOLLARS

$466

$271

$201.8

$137 $99

2,105

654 643 780 470 463 398 NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 The geometric installation on downtown Lansing’s footbridge lights up with a rainbow of colors.

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BUSINESS ATTRACTION PROJECTS 2012-2018

PRIVATE JOBS PROJECT NAME YEAR INVESTMENT CREATED COUNTY MAPLE CLINTON RAPIDS 1. Profile Metal Forming Inc. 2012 $34,175,000 25 Eaton ELSIE 2. Van-Rob Assembly Facility 2014 $24,820,659 175 Clinton 3. Macritchie 2016 $2,990,000 3 Ingham 4. St. Johns Dairy Processing Campus 2018 $555,000,000 300 Clinton 5. Metal Stripping Services Relocation 2018 $500,000 10 Ingham 6. Norm Fasteners US Distribution Operations 2018 $880,908 17 Ingham ▲4 OVID 7. JMT US Operations Warehouse 2018 $500,000 2 Ingham FOWLER ST. JOHNS 12 22 PLACEMAKING PROJECTS 2012-18

NAME OF PIECE YEAR CITY NAME OF PIECE YEAR CITY 8. A Great Place To Start 2012 DeWitt Twp. 23. The Ledges 2015 Grand Ledge WESTPHALIA 9. Silver Respite 2012 Mason 24. Artistic Bike Racks 2017 Grand Ledge 10. Brilliant 2013 DeWitt 25. Artistic Fence Panels 2017 East Lansing 11. Mendius Prime 2013 Meridian Twp. 26. Charlotte Rising 2017 Charlotte 12. Opolis 2013 St. Johns 27. Keys to the Cities 2017 Charlotte 13. Bicycle Yoga 2014 East Lansing 28. Penn4People 2017 Lansing 14. Budget Friendly 2014 East Lansing 29. Portrait of a Dreamer 2017 Lansing DEWITT 10 15. Circle Back 2014 East Lansing 30. Prosperity 2017 Lansing 16. Dream Mobile No. 1 2014 East Lansing 31. Seniplarips 2017 Charlotte 17. GBC 2014 East Lansing 32. Under The Bridge 2017 Lansing Twp. ▲2 8 18. Holt Farmers Mkt. Sign 2014 Delhi Twp. 33. Art Alleys Murals 2018 Mason ▲7 19. Peace Tree 2014 East Lansing 34. Let Me In 2018 Lansing SUNFIELD MULLIKEN GRAND LEDGE 23 44 16 20. Stop and Smell the Roses 2014 Delta Twp. 35. Pocket Park Piano 2018 Charlotte 24 20 ■ ▲3 19 17 EATON 30■45 36■46 25 14 13 INGHAM 34■49 32 15 21. Greetings From Lansing Mural 2015 Lansing 36. Lansing Riverfront Park 2018 Lansing 29 21 ▲6 ■53 EAST 22. Splash 2015 St. Johns 37. Beacon South Park 2018 Lansing ■38 28 ■52 ■50 40 LANSING 43 ■ 11 ■39 ■ 37 ■47 WILLIAMSTON ■51 ■48 ▲5 LANSING EXPANSION & REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 2018 42 ■ 41 ■ WEBBERVILLE PRIVATE JOBS DIAMONDALE PROJECT NAME TYPE INVESTMENT CREATED POTTERVILLE HOLT 18 38. ASK Expansion/HQ Relocation EXP $2,000,000 40 VERMONTVILLE ▲1 39. Mr. Taco Restaurant EXP $350,000 15

40. 517 Coffee Company EXP $80,000 2 MASON 41. B2 Outlet EXP - 5 27 31 CHARLOTTE 33 9 42. Bake n Cakes FI $90,000 5 35 DANSVILLE 43. REACH Studio Art FI $39,000 - 26 44. 204 E. FI $28,570 2 45. - 2002 W. Saginaw FI $24,000 3 46. Mourer-Forster Insurance FI $7,500 - EATON RAPIDS 47. Wheel House Studio FI $4,478 1 48. 3600 Dunckel Redevelopment RRD $52,000,000 25 49. Capital City Market RRD $41,500,000 75 50. 735 Hazel Redevelopment (The Wing) RRD $14,547,537 50 LESLIE STOCKBRIDGE BELLEVUE 51. Mid-West Self Storage RRD $5,747,500 2 OLIVET 52. Ellison Brewery & Spirits REO Town RRD $3,000,000 35 53. Fledge 2.0 RRD $300,000 10

RRD = Real Estate Redevelopment • EXP = Expansion • FI = Façade Improvement ▲ Business Attraction Projects 2012-2018 ● Placemaking Projects 2012-2018 ■ Expansion & Real Estate Development Projects 2018 * All 2018 projects are indicated by orange-colored symbol

10 11 2018 YEAR-END IMPACT

Total Project Investment $682,554,240

Jobs Created Projects Companies Launched

654 21 32

Wynken, Blynken and Nod, are one of the most distinct parts of the city of Lansing’s skyline.

12 13 CREATING JOBS & INVESTMENT

BUSINESS ATTRACTION

Businesses from around the world due to market oversupply, Spartan want to invest in the greater Lansing Michigan’s significant addition of community. Business Leaders for processing capacity in the center Michigan identified our region as the of the state should help stabilize only regional workforce in Michigan Michigan’s dairy industry. to achieve positive employment growth from 2012–2017. Lansing’s AgTech Innovation: JMT US innovative business ecosystem and In December 2018, JMT US, the U.S. the LEAP team’s top-notch attraction subsidiary of French-based food and development efforts have made storage solution company Janny “global Lansing” the place to be MT, announced its new distribution for businesses looking to launch or operations based out of Lansing. JMT expand in the U.S. US’s innovative technology extends the life and quality of fresh produce, In 2018, LEAP played a significant role reducing spoilage and waste of unsold in bringing international leaders from products. This empowers growers key industry growth sectors such and farmers to make better selling Total Project Investment as Glanbia plc, JMT US and Norm decisions and earn higher margins and Fasteners to the Lansing region. affords customers longer availability of their favorite fruits and vegetables. Transforming the Michigan Dairy Industry: Glanbia LEAP’s Foreign Direct Investment In September 2018, Glanbia, Ireland’s (FDI) soft landing program assisted $557,000,000 fifth largest company and the world’s JMT US by connecting them with #1 producer of American-style cheddar web development, insurance, Jobs Created Projects Retention Visits cheese, broke ground on a $555 logistics support providers and other million dairy processing campus in St. professional services, including Johns designed to process 8 million initial office space managed by T.A. pounds of milk every day — nearly one Forsberg. The company originally landed in Lansing in 2015 and took 329 5 104 quarter of all milk currently produced part in a research partnership with 100% jobs above $12/hour in Michigan. The 146-acre industrial 42% above $20/hour park is expected to be fully operational Michigan State University. in October 2020 and will be the largest Elite Manufacturing: Norm Fasteners dairy processing plant in Michigan, SITE SEARCHES employing more than 250 people. In October 2018, Norm Fasteners, 26% LEAP one of Turkey’s fastest growing Site Searches Active Projects LEAP Searches that Announced Projects Percentage of direct 74% (11) This massive investment includes a manufacturers, announced new from Site Visits Resulted in Site Visit from Site Visits LEAP Searches MEDC joint venture partnership between distribution operations in Lansing, vs. MEDC Searches (28) Glanbia, Dairy Farmers of America their first North American footprint. (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. The company, a subsidiary of Norm 57 4 30% 2 to form Spartan Michigan LLC, which Group, will be chiefly responsible for will invest $470M to develop state-of- fulfilling a contract to supply fasteners the-art cheese and whey processing for Tesla’s new Model 3 and a similar facilities. Iowa-based Proliant Dairy contract with John Deere. REAL ESTATE REQUESTS Ingredients is investing an additional Norm Fasteners’ investment in the $85M into adjacent facilities that will Percentage of Space Type BUILDING SIZES REQUESTED VACANT LAND SIZE REQUESTED region demonstrates the continued use the dairy solid byproduct from 3 Spartan Michigan to manufacture a power of Lansing’s strong automotive 10% 13 variety of whey permeate products. roots, having beat out competing Office (6) locations in both Illinois and Indiana. 9 2 8 8 Thanks to 1,500 dairy farming families REQUESTS The company plans to expand REQUESTS across the state, Michigan is home operations to include a production 90% 1 1 1 to the most productive cows and the line in the coming year, deepening Industrial 3 highest quality milk in the country. 0 its investment in our community and (52) Following years of low milk prices 1-25k 26-75k 76-150k 151-300k 300k+ 0.5-5 6-20 21-50 51-100 101-200 201+ facilitating additional job creation. SQUARE FEET ACRES 14 15 Thanks to investment in expansion Center City District Celebrates city. The $52 million investment will REAL ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT and redevelopment efforts along Progress with Beam Signing soon be the location of a 286-unit, vital corridors, our urban core is LEAP celebrated progress on the $125 market-rate family community, & BUSINESS EXPANSION transforming into an anchor for vibrant million Center City District project, a envisioned to meet the housing needs communities throughout the region. premier example of a Public-Private of healthcare professionals joining the Partnership (P3), with a Beam Signing local workforce in conjunction with In 2018, LEAP partnered on projects Ceremony in May 2018. The project McLaren’s already underway health including the downtown Lansing brings together numerous partners campus development. stadium district’s Capital City Market, around a shared vision to convert a the continuation of downtown East former city-owned parking lot into a Corridor Façade Program Beautifies Project Investment Lansing’s Center City District project, large-scale urban, multi-generational, Urban Core Beacon Southwest Park, Brownfield mixed-use development. LEAP facilitated six projects as Redevelopment Plans at Dunckel part of the Lansing Corridor Façade Road and along the Red Cedar and Beacon Southwest Will Bring Soccer Program, an initiative that provides facilitation of six projects as part of the to South Lansing targeted assistance for improving the City of Lansing’s Corridor Façade Grant Following a successful $50,000 appearance and structural conditions $119,718,585 Program. In addition, LEAP continues crowdfunding campaign, the Beacon of building façades in highly visible and to manage the Lansing Brownfield Southwest park and soccer field critical areas of the city. The program is Jobs Created Projects Redevelopment Authority (LBRA), Tax project earned a 1:1 matching directed toward commercial, office and Increment Financing Authority (TIFA) grant from the Michigan Economic mixed-use buildings adjacent to main and Lansing Economic Development Development Corporation (MEDC). On corridors and neighborhood nodes Corporation (LEDC) boards through the heels of Lansing Ignite—Michigan’s outside Lansing’s downtown area. 270 16 contract with the City of Lansing. first professional soccer team—the Beacon Field project will play a key Capital City Market to Address role in revitalizing south Lansing with Downtown Lansing’s “Food Desert” a quality field and park for soccer, The Gillespie Group announced a community events and more. $41.5 million investment in downtown Lansing to address its current lack of Brownfield Redevelopments Activate grocery store access. The project will Blighted Areas span nearly one whole city block along 3600 Dunckel Road received Lansing Michigan Avenue near Cooley Law Brownfield Plan approval from School Stadium and will be both hotel the LBRA and the City of Lansing and apartment space with a Meijer- and will dramatically improve first owned grocery store on the first floor. impressions of Michigan’s capital

Developments that will change the skyline of East Lansing will have a positive effect on communities throughout the region.

16 17 CULTIVATING INNOVATION

Communities that empower local to date, with more than $5 million in visionaries and support small business follow-on investment. growth in turn contribute to a more diverse, robust regional economy LEAP also supports emerging of innovation that can compete entrepreneurs, youth and newcomer successfully on a global scale. communities through our Newcomers, Businesses need innovation. Talent New Ideas program in partnership wants an entrepreneurial culture. with the Refugee Development Center, LEAP’s New Economy Division plays a our Youth Startup Challenge and the key role in shaping our entrepreneurial quarterly Hatching pitch competitions. ecosystem, helping creative Our region is also second in the state individuals develop big ideas from for receiving Business Acceleration concept to completion. Fund (BAF) approvals, a program designed to assist high-tech LEAP provides a variety of companies with growth. resources and support opportunities, such as the Start Chart Resource All these offerings contribute to guide, mentorship programs and greater Lansing’s new ecosystem of startup accelerators such as innovation, entrepreneurship and a PROTO Accelerator and Accelerate thriving environment for startups and the Runway. 2018 was the New small-business owners, as robust as Economy Division’s strongest year any community in America.

Private Investment $4,836,645 Public Investment $999,010 Business Accelerator Fund (BAF) Funds Acquired $81,710

32 Total Companies Launched 19 High-Tech Startups Launched 55 Jobs Created

517 Coffee Company ZapNabit, LLC Wurtz Brothers Company IASO Therapeutics Oliver Brown Styling Co. FibroIX Lotus beauty lounge, LLC Take It, LLC Stitched Fashion Consulting AgileCare (Smart Staffing, LLC) Building Blocks of Michigan, LLC Melissa’s Mobile Meals ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS Trackk’s Footwear, LLC Lingco Language Labs, LLC Smart Hand 1CAVEAT, LLC Health OpX Orasis TrinHydral Craft It Yorself, LLC M30 Bulletproof Youth Startup ART + TEXTURE STUDIOS, LLC Menu Bubble Runabout Coffee Co. Total Events Event Attendees Expo Participants Brite Bites Shape Scientific BABZION, LLC Track?OR Tarn Biosciences upRoot ARUtility Sunrise, LLC 27 920 150

18 19 Saddleback BBQ earned the Michigan Celebrates Small Business 2018 Michigan Best Small Business of the Year award. LAUNCHED IN LANSING

Launching a business in Lansing lifetime revenue in November 2018 continues to be a great chance to when they appeared on the show. grow in a global community. In 2018 alone, Lansing made the fourth Mark Cuban and Aaron Rodriguez largest leap of any U.S. community jointly invested $700,000 for a 40 with growing jobs, technological percent stake in the company, greatly development and wage gains in the surpassing the Johnson’s original ask Milken Institute’s Best Performing of $250,000 for a 20 percent stake. Cities report, moving 49 spots to #89 in the institute’s rankings. Our region Saddleback BBQ: Hatched and Honed is also home to vibrant, diverse communities overflowing with talent. Saddleback BBQ is Lansing’s premier craft BBQ joint, featuring Vade Nutrition: Accelerating authentic Southern BBQ with Among the Sharks a unique Midwestern flair. The restaurant participated in the Following an inital investment Hatching pitch competition in 2015 from Lansing PROTO (now PROTO and, while unsuccessful in the Accelerator), Vade Nutrition, a competition, continued to cultivate participant in the accelerator's strong relationships with LEAP and first-ever cohort for physical products, our New Economy Division to bring rose to national acclaim when the the idea to fruition. startup received a $700,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Aaron Co-owner Matt Gillett spent more Rodriguez on ABC’s Shark Tank. than half his life working in the Joe and Megan Johnson, an East food industry and cultivated his Lansing-based husband and wife duo, passion for bringing customers joy worked with LEAP to develop their through food while Assistant General idea for individual, dissolvable protein Manager at Dusty’s Cellar in Lansing. powder pods. Gillett partnered with Travis Stoliker to open Saddleback BBQ in 2015, Vade’s initial product was a protein just down the street from LEAP’s REO shaker bottle with a liner to reduce Town office. the smell that soaked into the bottles. PROTO’s innovation team helped Vade Since its opening, the restaurant recognize the far larger problem of has quickly become a hometown mess and inconvenience associated favorite, opening a second location with protein powder supplements and in Okemos in 2017 and offering its recommended a solution. From here, famed BBQ Sauce in stores after the Johnsons worked with PROTO to a successful 2019 Kickstarter develop the dissolvable protein pod campaign. Saddleback is the perfect pitched on Shark Tank. example of how strong community partnerships and passionate ideas Vade’s pre-portioned scoops are propel growth and success, even if packaged in a food-grade film that that initial pitch competition doesn’t dissolves in liquid, making them go quite as planned. ideal for athletes on the go. The powder is also 100 percent whey Whether a business is bringing isolate, containing no fat or sugar and quality barbecue to Lansing’s fewer calories than other powders on backyard or preparing to be the next the market. Shark Tank success, LEAP helps local entrepreneurs leap forward to The Johnson’s started selling their achieve their highest success. patent-pending product in July 2017 to test the market and had $80,000 in 20 21

OUR PEOPLE. OUR PLACE.

The stakes are high when it comes to LEAP is proud to celebrate the diversity creating places where people want of our region through our annual to live, work and play. As competition Diversity Star Award, which recognizes for talented workers intensifies, a LEAP member-business that cultivating attractive communities can exemplifies our commitment to diversity make or break economic success. and inclusion; the annual signing of LEAP’s diversity and equity statement, Lansing has 20 percent more which reaffirms our commitment to millennials — defined by Gallup ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion Inc. as anyone born between remain guiding principles in our 1980 and 1996 — than any other work; and the continual processes of comparably-sized metro across the learning, listening and acting to create U.S. Attracting and retaining these a more equitable community. emerging professionals requires creating a strong sense of place Through partnerships like our work within our region by focusing on with Teach, Talent, Thrive (T3), our people and communities. Public Art for Communities grant, the Lansing Poet Laureate program Placemaking and retention efforts and more, LEAP is able to leverage that emphasize inclusion, equity and the power we hold as a prominent accessibility; active listening and community organization to advance the community engagement; fostering mission of creating more communities creativity; and balancing the desire with more equitable access to for community and individuality are opportunity and with a vibrant sense of critical to creating an authentic community ownership by all residents. sense of place rooted in belonging, togetherness and personal expression. We continue to allow our The most successful places foster a communities to inform the spaces strong sense of community ownership we work to create and to guide us as and provide opportunities to customize we realize a collective vision for our experience based on individual needs. place. Our Lansing.

LEAP Public Art for Communities program places permanent public art in strategic locations across the region.

Years Pieces 6 35

Investment $210,000

The Inspiration sculpture will soon be at the heart of the Community Foundation’s Rotary Park project.

22 23 PURPOSE AND PROSPERITY

#1 school (MSU) for supply chain Lansing has 20 percent more talent in the US and worldwide millennials than comparably-sized Source: US News & World Report metros across US Source: Emsi Dec 2018 report #1 in MI for growing population ages 25-34 in 2017 Lansing is 2018’s #1 Best Affordable Source: Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) Place to Live in America Source: Livability.com #1 in MI for educational attainment ages 25-64 over the last five years Lansing is the 4th Best Place in America Source: Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) for Millennial Homebuyers Source: Lending Tree early 2018, we fell off this list when they updated/ #1 in MI in labor force growth ages corrected 16+ over the last five years Source: Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) Birthplace of the Michigan Organization for Human Rights in 1977 and state’s Educational pipeline produces nearly first localized LGBT group, the Lansing 18,000 college graduates each year Association for Human Rights Source: Emsi Dec 2018 report Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Organization_for_Human_ Rights & https://lahronline.org/main/index.php/history/ Only region in MI with positive overall employment growth from 2012-2017 Source: Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM)

At 460 acres, Lake Lansing is the largest lake in the area.

24 25 ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE?

The data on these pages help tell the story of our region’s economic health by looking at significant factors affecting talent attraction and retention, and overall economic health.

6-YEAR COMPARISON OF REGIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR VS. GOVERNMENT SECTOR GDP GROWTH

PRIVATE GOV $17.487 $17.871 $16.554 $15.790 $14.910 $15.203

$4.601 $4.691 $4.065 $4.112 $4.219 $4.443 BILLIONS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis

Steady gains in per capita income and consistent recovery in workforce participation have a positive effect on talent attraction for the greater Lansing region by suggesting the presence of more and higher quality job options. Wage growth could also be related to an increase in educational attainment, suggesting a connection between education and overall quality of life.

7-YEAR COMPARISON OF PER CAPITA INCOME ALIGNED WITH LABOR FORCE PARTICPATION $40,148

$39,064

$37,863

$36,659 $36,317

$35,459

$34,505

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis 266,477 251,489 243,906 225,250 244,646 197,240

195,360

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: GIS Planning Inc. (ZoomProspector) The city of Lansing’s annual holiday tree, as seen from the Michigan capitol building.

26 27 Occupations within the knowledge sector grew significantly compared to previous years, further suggesting that a more educated population in turn creates additional job opportunities and improved wages. Educational attainment rates, knowledge sector job growth and workforce participation highlight the strength of our region’s workforce, especially for businesses seeking talent in key sectors.

3-YEAR COMPARISON OF REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Source: GIS Planning Inc. (ZoomProspector) 19.88% 18.69% 19.5%

14.78% 14.09% 13.89%

10.30% 10.34% TOTAL DEGREE 10.02% ATTAINMENT 43.12%

43.41%

44.96%

ASSOCIATES BACHELOR’S GRADUATE

1.83% Knowledge Sector: All Occupations (Percent Change 2005-2017) The change in occupations classified within the “knowledge +6.50% sector,” compared to change in Knowledge Sector total occupations. Occupations

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

As birth rates decline statewide, highlighting a strong workforce is increasingly critical to fostering in-migration, which is especially strong with the international population and international students in particular. The Lansing region also leads the state in growing population ages 25-34 and has 20 percent more millennials than comparably-sized metros across the U.S., which could help offset lower birth rates and an aging workforce.

POPULATION GROWTH TRENDS

NET MIGRATION (3 COUNTY) 479,533 2015 2016 2017 +336 +2,038 +1,818

473,676 473,097 472,412

470,458

468,348 MIGRATION 2010-2017 466,666 TOTAL INTL DOMESTIC 1,807 +14,460 -12,653

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE Source: US Census Bureau, Population Division

The boardwalk at Hawk Island Park is part of the 20 mile 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Lansing River system.

28 29 $555-million Dairy Processing Campus Breaks Ground in St. Johns MCLAREN, MSU OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND ON $450 MILLION HOSPITAL MSU receives $30 million gift - largest Medical marijuana company to hire NEW PLANS FOR PARK DISTRICT IN EAST LANSING CALL FOR Charlotte-based Spartan Motor’s Division Joins 270 APARTMENTS, HOTEL, RETAIL SPACE California Firm to Build All-electric Walk-in Vans in school history from single donor 170 in Lansing region, official says MP Social is downtown Lansing’s new LEAP’S PROTO ACCELERATOR LAUNCHES INSURTECH PLATFORM eatery, with patio right on Grand River Auto-Owners plans 250,000-square-foot expansion in Delta Township Grand Ledge to get area’s first full-menu Grill and Chill Dairy Queen Cool Spaces: Rooftop patio, fitness center make Charlotte hospital will get $242 million project at former Marijuana investor Marketplace Apartments Phase II stand out $9M upgrade before Sparrow Red Cedar Golf Course secures $13M real estate Nine Opportunity Zone Designations takes ownership approved by City Council deal at Harvest Park Approved Across the Tri-County Region Diversity: A Winning Strategy for the Lansing Region Nanomaterial manufacturer XG Sciences to expand Rocket Fizz, a soda pop and candy shop, to open at with facility in Vevay Township MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Arcadia Smokehouse and brewery has opened on Lansing’s east side 2018 Best Affordable Places to Live - #1 Lansing, MI Beams gets $97 million in New dancewear store, Dancy Pantz federal funding for 2018 Boutique, opens in Okemos GM TO INVEST $175 MILLION AT LANSING GRAND RIVER ASSEMBLY PLANT ‘Cold and Sterile’ bank building transformed into mid-century modern space in Charlotte MSU High-tech Turbine Startup Accelerates FRENCH AGTECH COMPANY EXPANDS US with LEAP’s PROTO Accelerator OPERATIONS IN LANSING REGION ‘All of the sudden we have a town’: New businesses bring new life to downtown DeWitt Sieloff: Travel with Capital Region International Airport provides endless opportunities Biggby Coffee – with a side of nitrogen ice cream Lansing Region Grows by 70,000 People – coming to Eaton Rapids City of Lansing More than 330 luxury apartments Meijer market, hotel project Introduces $140,000 proposed in Grand Ledge billed as ‘game-changer’ for in New Creative downtown Lansing Placemaking Projects TRIO PLANS TO RESURRECT LOS MSU Ranks Among Top 100 Global Universities GRINGOS’ TACOS, JB’S PIZZA WITH LEAP Business Attraction Lands Tesla Supplier in City of Lansing NEW DIAMONDALE EATERY With enrollment up and a $62 million pavilion, MSU business college is raising its profile LANSING CLOSES ON $2.2 MILLION SALE OF FORMER WAVERLY GOLF COURSE Pro soccer in downtown Lansing gets go-ahead from City Council City of Lansing Corridor Facade Program Expanded Outdoor retailer The Lansing Metropolitan Statistical Area Just Got Bigger Sportsman’s Warehouse East Lansing City Council approves $105M Park to open first Michigan MSU gets nearly $30M to turn dormant District plan, including 10-story hotel location in Delta Township power plant into classrooms Lansing is a top city for millennial home buyers Old Lansing YMCA building to be demolished in next month, contractor says $30,000 in Public Art Funding Available Through MICHIGAN STATE RECOGNIZED AS GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB LEAP’s Public Art for Communities Grant Douglas J, True North Development plan to invest $100 million in downtown Okemos DEVELOPERS WANT TO BRING APARTMENTS, MOVIE THEATER TO DOWNTOWN EAST LANSING Michigan School for the Blind campus revitalization plans ahead of schedule Electric car charging stations could be a requirement for large East Lansing developments Okemos is one of the best places to live in the United States ‘Meat candy,’ mac and cheese and big plans: Gravity Smokehouse & BBQ plans Holt restaurant CubeSmart Self Storage Facility to Host Delta Dental Plaza to include outdoor fireplace, ‘lighted forest’ Grand Opening Celebration Michigan State prepares for what could be its largest freshman class ever Klavon’s Pizzeria & Pub $9.2M redevelopment of 80-year-old taking shape in Mason, school in Eaton Rapids to move forward Putnam: With an urban grocery store, has Lansing’s time finally arrived? could open in January $555 MILLION DAIRY PROCESSING OPERATION WILL ADD NEARLY 300 JOBS IN ST. JOHNS Capital region becomes an insurance capital with 10,000 jobs Company to invest $2.7M, add jobs in Delta Twp. Michigan State eyes Spartan Village for massive redevelopment Editorial: New dairy processing plant a big win for St. Johns, Greater Lansing Former MSU athlete’s $700K ‘Shark Tank’ VADE Nutrition deal excites family, friends $3B planned in new An Artisan Hotel Is Taking Shape In A 139-Year-Old Former Grand Ledge Church Bake N’ Cakes to open second location in LEAP Receives Excellence in Economic construction reflects Greater A decade later, Facility for Rare Isotope south Lansing with homemade doughnuts Development Awards from the International Lansing’s growing economic diversity Beams director can see the finish line Economic Development Council $35-million facility planned for MSU College of Music LEAP’S PROTO ACCELERATOR LAUNCHES INSURTECH PLATFORM Ellison Brewery + Spirits to open second location in REO Town Lansing Pro Soccer Team Likely To Begin Play This Spring At Cooley Stadium Downtown AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TO WELCOME LANSING TEAM THIS FALL

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