Brooke Dennany (Bakery), Stephen Butler (Graphic Design), Kaitlin McCue (Commercial Photography), and Brad Parsons (Video Production) have been named as 2012-13 participants in the Youth Business Dynamo, an initiative by the DeWitt Creativity Group and 2010 Michigan Teacher of the Year, Matinga Ragatz. Participants in the YBD will be fulfilling the following requirements:
1. Completion of Generation E (www.genei.org). course work
2. Attendance and participation in NEO Center (www.neocenter.org) seminars and other local entrepreneurial events
3. Incorporation of their businesses
4. Participation in a Lansing Area Youth Business Showcase at the Neo Center where they present their busineses to the public in May or June of 2012
Upon successful completion of these requirements YBD participants will receive $500.00 - $1,000 awards to be used toward their businesess.
YBD Partners:
Generation E Institute
NEO Center
Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP, Inc.)
Lansing Community College