As manager of business attraction for the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), David Olson is currently in Italy as a part of the newly launched Direct Foreign Investment Attraction Program. Here, he will spend three weeks connecting with businesses and firms interested in expanding and bringing new business and jobs to the region.
Many other regions in the state have had great success with programs like this over the last few decades and Bob Trezise, President and CEO of LEAP, is happy that it’s happening here. “We are very excited that with David Olson’s leadership and a very targeted and smart approach, the time is right for us to be able to attract investment in Lansing.”
There are many reasons the time seems to be right for Lansing to launch a program like this one one of the biggest being that, for the first time in a long time, Lansing has a story to tell. “We really are a great place to invest,” says Trezise, “we are a fired up, emerging, global economy.”
And while it may take a few years for the program to have maximum effect, it has already landed a few contracts with smaller plants, a typical starting point. These contracts will bring at least 5 jobs to the area and are just a jumping off point.
Source: Bob Trezise, President and CEO, LEAP
Author: Allison Monroe, Innovation News Editor
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