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 work hard to be transparent…

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 her sister, Jennifer Faketty, owner…

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. Founders Ryan Iacovacci, left, and…

Annually, the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM) recognizes a Leader of the Year. They look for a member who has engaged in creative programming, been involved in an exciting…

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 funding from the Small Business…

Our favorite Battle Creek coffee (and so much more) shop opened on Feb. 29, 2020, so they celebrated their First Birthday this year, with some really fun things. Festivities will…

Rick Haglund writes in the Traverse City Business News (subscription): Most Michigan CDFIs, which must be certified by the Treasury Department, are located in the southern half of the state. Just…

Wonderful story about our Entrepreneur Education programs in Battle Creek: In the Battle Creek area, there’s an education program for would-be entrepreneurs to help them deal with all the unknowns.…

Nonprofit Quarterly writer Steve Dubb covered the OFN Conference, including the Gramlich Award given to two of our board members, Mary Houghton and Ron Gryzwinski. The Gramlich Award is offered…

An article in Review, a monthly publication from the Michigan Municipal League, highlights the new Michigan CDFI Coalition. (Article starts on Page 31 or download a PDF here) Michigan CDFIs…