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Lansing Built To Last Winner Plans Bakery, Kids Classes Downtown

by Chris Muldrow | June 8, 2021 | Special Happenings | 0 Comments

The winner of a local business competition has big plans for the free rental space she’ll get in downtown Lansing. Lansing Built to Last chose Sweet Encounter Kids Culinary Academy from a list of nine finalists. One parameter used in judging was the ability to operate...

‘Lansing Built to Last’ finalist: Capital City Sweets

May 7, 2021

There are now five finalists in the Lansing Built to Last competition. It’s an idea that formed in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders in mid-Michigan saw the devastating impact the virus and related shutdowns were having on small businesses and wanted to help...