Nourish Our Community podcast
This edition of the People First Economy Podcast is part of Nourish Our Community, an initiative PFE started in 2021 to highlight the importance of our food system. Joining Emmanuel…
‘Shared Success’ project scales job quality
Northern Initiatives Among 10 CDFIs Selected by Aspen Institute to Launch “Shared Success” Project Scaling Small Business Job Quality Northern Initiatives will support business owners to improve jobs while strengthening…
Changing what it means to build resilient economies
Jamie Schriner of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation wrote this article for Every Child Thrives, a publication of the foundation. Read the full article here. Northern Initiatives is an innovative Community Development…
‘Everyone feels welcome’
‘Everyone feels welcome’ at GRNoir Wine & Jazz diverse downtown Grand Rapids venue By Skyla Jewell-Hammie, MLive GRAND RAPIDS, MI - In the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, is…
West Michigan Ally
Providing a Full Scope of Learning to Organizations Statewide For three and a half years, Northern Initiatives has had a powerful ally in West Michigan. Leandra Nisbet, owner of…
First Fast Trac Business Cohort
John Capers has a product people want. Over the last several years, the Tennessee-born owner of Pops Family Kitchen has used family recipes in perfecting award-winning barbeque and soul food…
2022 Strategic Plan
Northern Initiatives envisions a thriving economy comprised of small place-based businesses. The organization believes that communities with higher proportions of local ownership are healthier and more resilient. Read It…
MMTC Merging with Traverse City Office
The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center-Upper Peninsula center, which has been affiliated with Northern Initiatives for more than 30 years, will merge with the Traverse City MMTC Regional office this summer.…
Board Member Testifies to Congress
Tom Vear, Northern Initiatives Board member, small business owner (The Delft Bistro and Doncker's in Marquette) and a Northern Initiatives loan recipient, testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture,…
Spring Customers in the News
The future is female, one-year celebrations, celebrating small business, NI's new office, and more The future is female Gina Jacquart Thorsen made history as the first female CEO of Jacquart…
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