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Points of Pride

Wow! That's Lansing!

Just look around! Our region’s rich history – and a host of current happenings – gives us tons to talk about. Make it your mission to share some of our points of pride with other people:

The Greater Lansing region is home to five of the fastest growing private companies in the country: FinCor Holdings, ICS Marketing Support Services, Liquid Web, TechSmith Corporation, and Two Men and a Truck.
Ingham County residents are among the most tech-savvy in the country, according to a USA TODAY study. Some 42 percent are so-called “early adopters” of the latest technology – well above the national average of 29 percent.
Lansing suburb Haslett is one of BusinessWeek’s 50 best places in America to raise children. The Lansing suburb came in 42nd; Douglas (23rd) and Galesburg (49th) were the only other Michigan cities to make the list.
Stevie Wonder was trained in classical piano at Lansing’s Michigan School for the Blind. Wonder, who was born in Saginaw and raised in Detroit, has recorded more than 30 top 10 hits and won 25 Grammy Awards – a record for a solo artist.
The Lansing-built Cadillac CTS is Motor Trend’s 2008 Car of the Year, topping a field of 18 contenders that included the Audi TT, the Honda Accord, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the Mini Cooper and the Scion xB.
Our region is a hub of finance and insurance activity – and home to seven major insurance carriers (Accident Fund, Auto-Owners, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Delta Dental of Michigan, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan, Jackson National Life, and Michigan Millers).
Michigan State University’s nuclear research program ranks 2nd only to MIT’s.

Have we missed something you like to brag about? To submit your own points of pride, click here.

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