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Lenawee Now<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

For A Better Tomorrow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee County is a prime location in Michigan for future growth of the economy, infrastructure, workforce, small businesses, business expansion and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our FoCuS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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MFG | InduStrial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee County is Manufacturing and Industry ready. The region has Industrial Parks in Adrian, Tecumseh and Hudson. The Adrian-Tecumseh Smart Zone geared toward innovation also supports manufacturing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small BuSineSS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee Now has provided a multitude of small business programs including mentoring, incubation and investment networks for small businesses and organization for over twenty- five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AgriCultural<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee is part of the River Raisin Watershed making Agriculture one of the major industries in the region with 1,200+ farms and 300,000+ acres of farmland. Lenawee boasts the highest soybean production in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee Now works side by side with local businesses and colleges to promote innovation in Lenawee County. For a business wanting to innovate, start-ups producing manufacturing or technology, we offer support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WorkforCe | Edu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee has a talent pipeline like no other in Michigan including twelve school districts, two colleges, two vocational centers and a Workforce Center that connects job seekers, educators and employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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InfraStruCture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee has geographic and logistic advantages due to its position between Detroit, Ann Arbor, Jackson and Toledo. Highways and railways connect the industrial parks, factories and farms to these major cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TaxeS | InCentiveS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lenawee provides a strong incentive toolkit that includes property tax abatements for industry, property tax reduction for warehousing, private activity bonds and programs for business development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quality of Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Affordable housing and living, small town \/ metro balance, recreational and community amenities, education and training are all strong traits of Lenawee. The talent and physical environment checks all the boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We provide the research, information and tools to harvest Economic Growth in Lenawee County.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Market Lenawee County to BuSineSSeS and AttraCt BuSineSSeS to Lenawee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Lenawee Now is an independent 501c3 non-profit promoting economic growth, business recruitment and job creation across Lenawee County in Partnership with MEDC.
 
Lenawee Now markets Lenawee County as the premier destination in SE Michigan for businesses small to large. Our strategic focus areas including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timothy S. RobinSon<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Featured Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lean RoCket LoCal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Lean Rocket Local Fellows Program removes common barriers for local entrepreneurs by providing resources, financial and legal technical assistance, training and access to funding through a partnership with American 1 Credit Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lenawee Now For A Better Tomorrow Lenawee County is a prime location in Michigan for future growth of the economy, infrastructure, workforce, small businesses, business expansion and quality of life. EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS CONTRIBUTE NOW Our FoCuS Top SeCtorS MFG | InduStrial Lenawee County is Manufacturing and Industry ready. The region has Industrial Parks in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":171,"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenaweenow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}