By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting Channeling my inner child and repeated viewings of Frozen with my grandkids: “Do you want to build a grant team? Come on, let’s go and try. I want to get some money. Let’s meet today. Oh no, don’t walk away. We have strived to succeed, We have indeed! Let’s go

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting As we closed out 2024, it looked like grants to support clean or “green” manufacturing (reductions in greenhouse gas emissions during manufacturing; clean air and water projects; reduced energy consumption) were going to continue to be released into the new year.  However, as President Trump took office, things shifted dramatically

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump took office. Only a few days later, on January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-25-13 directing federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to the obligation/disbursement of federal financial assistance, exempting Medicare and Social Security. On

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting As the U.S. manufacturing sector faces growing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the need for effective industrial decarbonization strategies has never been more urgent. Funding these initiatives is both a challenge and an opportunity to drive innovation and long-term competitiveness. Here, we explore practical approaches to securing funding for

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting Are you ready?  As we start the new year, maybe your company is considering using grants from federal or state agencies to support the cost of infrastructure, training, equipment or other activities.  But are you ready to apply for those grants? We previously released a printable checklist to help you

By: Micki Vandeloo, President, Lakeview Consulting As we get used to writing “2025” on everything instead of “2024”, I would like to offer up my predictions for the manufacturing sector for this year as I have done for the past few years.  I see only good things ahead for manufacturing in the United States! Continued and