Northern Initiatives and Our Customers are On the Move

Jessica Tyson, left, and Danyel Detomo, a host of "America's Best Restaurants" The Candied Yam, Grand Rapids The Candied Yam in…

Free Business Plan Classes for U.P. Entrepreneurs Five-week online cohort starts Oct. 1  A free cohort will help U.P. entrepreneurs develop a business plan, as…

11 Small Business Owners will Share $50,000 Muskegon, MI – The Business Equity Initiative Fund, at the Community Foundation for Muskegon County, has awarded $50,000…

Northern Initiatives recently earned a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency! Check out our nonprofit profile to keep up to date with our impact: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/47-3130767 We…

Try and keep a dry eye while reading this wonderful Second Wave story about Rebecca Macleery, our customer and owner of Kalamazoo Dry Goods, and…

Myconaut, providers of affordable, nutritious mushrooms for Northern Michigan University and local businesses, is also a biotech startup that Northern Initiatives is thrilled to support.…

Northern Initiatives President Elissa Sangalli, shown here with CEDAM board member Charlotte Smith, was named Leader of the Year by CEDAM…

Elissa Sangalli and Jennifer Hayes testified before the Michigan State Senate March 6. They talked to the LEO/MEDC Appropriations Subcommittee about the importance of CDFIs…

As Michigan continues to face record high winter temperatures, Governor Gretchen Whitmer urged Michigan small businesses impacted by lack of snow to apply for federal…