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Ambassadors take on Lansing

As you can imagine, important decisions are being made and policies are being created every day in the state capitol. For us, that is 400 miles away, often times making it difficult to participate in the process in person. That…

Tools useful to businesses

Here at the LSCP, we provide programs and tools that benefit our partners and the business community.  We welcome businesses of all stages and sizes, partner or not, to stop in and visit with our business development team and let…

Jump starting careers

Back in December, the LSCP was awarded a contract from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to serve as the Region 1 (Upper Peninsula) liaison for their Career Jump Start program. LSCP Business Development Representative Linda O’Brien has taken the…

Region 1 Represented at Governor’s Summit

In the past I have talked about how our state is broken up into 10 regions for service delivery.  The Upper Peninsula is Region 1 and it moves south with Detroit being Region 10. Last week, a large contingent…

LSCP Annual Dinner

The Lake Superior Community Partnership relies on fundraising to raise money for the economic development services and opportunities we provide. Our premier fundraiser is our Annual Dinner, which will be held Thursday, March 12, from 5:30 to 8:30pm in the…

Year in Review

If I could only use one word to wrap up 2014 it would be “amazing.” We have had the pleasure of working with businesses across the region, in all stages and sectors, providing a wide range of services. Once again…

Energy deal welcomed

I interrupt my regularly scheduled column to talk energy. There was no way I could submit my article this week as it was once Tuesday’s energy announcements were made.  I liken the package of agreements to a late Christmas gift…

What is the LSCP?

We get many questions on what exactly the LSCP does.  Do we only provide services for our partners or for the whole community?  Are we a Chamber of Commerce?  Are we an economic development organization?  Are the services we…

New Year’s Resolutions for Small Businesses

It’s that time of year again, the time of year when we close out and take stock of what we’ve accomplished over the past twelve months and set lofty goals for the next.  For 2015, we’ve compiled a list of New Year’s Resolutions your small business may want to…

Business Ecosystem

ec-o-sys-tem noun \ ek-oh-sis-tuh m \ : a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment Busi-ness ec-o-sys-tem noun \ biz-nis ek-oh-sis tuh m \ : network of organizations involved in the delivery of a specific product or…
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