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Top Ten Economic Development Groups of 2007
Honorable Mention:
Ingham County Economic Development Corp., Mason, Michigan
Susan Pigg, President - www.ingham.org
The capital of Michigan recorded a banner year in 2007, thanks to several large corporate real estate deals. With nine facility projects totaling $269 million in capital investment, the city of Lansing and surrounding Ingham County led an economic development resurgence in Central Michigan.
The nine projects created 1,259 new jobs throughout the county, with 500 of them coming from Accident Fund Insurance Company. AFI announced a $130-million project in Lansing that will result in 280,000 square feet (26,012 square meters) of new space.
Other big deals were announced by Delta Dental of Michigan ($85 million in Okemos) and Peckham Manufacturing ($18 million and 300 jobs in Lansing).
“Ingham County is partnering with a new regional organization, the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) to expand our Web presence and promote developable sites in the area,” says Susan Pigg, president of the Ingham County Economic Development Corp. “We are working with LEAP to coordinate and improve the response times and quality of information available to corporate prospects considering our region.”