Lansing Points of Pride

Lansing is home to the state Capitol and the Michigan State Spartans but those are not the only things to be proud of within the Capital City.

It's time to recognize the great achievements Lansing has accomplished and the businesses and people who make us all proud to Love Lansing like a Local!

Food Network Host Guy Fieri Featured These Local Joints on Diners, Drive-ins & Dives

Award Winning & Notable Accomplishments

American Fifth Spirits

Won Gold Medal for Bourbon and Bronze Medal for Gin at the San Francisco International Spirits Competition

Capital City Film Fest

Named One of the Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World by Moviemaker

Ellison Brewery

Top 50 Fastest Growing Craft Breweries of 2017

Jack Schripsema

Lifetime Achievement Award and CVB Star of the Year

Julie Pingston

Alfreda Schmidt Award from the South Lansing Business Association

Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center

Best Lansing Area Hotel by Michigan Society of Association Executives

Person getting a chocolate ice cream in a waffle cone

MSU Dairy Store

One of 31 Best Ice Cream Shops in America by Thrillist

Old Nation Brewing

Named by Thrillist in the Top 33 IPA's in America for their M-43 Beer

River Town Adventures

Michigan’s Seasonal Operator Star of the Year at the Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism

Saddleback BBQ

Michigan Small Business Development Center Small Business of the Year Award in 2017

Soup Spoon Cafe'

Best Breakfast Restaurants in Michigan by Thrillist

The English Inn

Members of Distinguished Restaurants of North America- One of Fewer Than 800 Restaurants

The State Room

Best of Award of Excellence 2017 by Wine Spectator Magazine (12th consecutive year)

Sweetie-Licious Bakery

Award Winning Pies by the American Pie Council Crisco National Pie Championships and Food Network

Top 50 Places to Live

Ranked #50 Out of Top 150 Places to Live

Brainiest City

16th Brainiest City by The Atlantic Cities Place Publication

GLCVB

Awarded Best Large CVB in Michigan by Michigan Society of Association Executives

Best City for YA

Nation's Top 10 Best Cities for Young Adults by Kiplinger

Ranked High Schools

Newsweek Ranks East Lansing and Okemos High Schools Among the Best in the Nation

East Lansing

Entrepreneur Magazine Ranked East Lansing as One of the “10 Best College Towns to Start a Business”

Most Educated

Voted 14th Most Educated City in America by Wallethub

Best Ballpark Renovation

Cooley Law School Stadium & Gillespie Group won the Ballpark Digest Award for Best Ballpark Renovation

Best Affordable Place

Voted #1 Best Affordable Place to Live by Livability.com

Most Educated: EL

East Lansing has been Named the Most Educated City in Michigan by Insurify

Best College

Best College in Michigan by Thrillist

Most Recruited

Named 39th Most Recruited University in the World by Global Business Leaders by New York Times

Broad Art Museum

Architectural Digest named MSU's Broad Art Museum one of the "Best University Art Museums in America."

#10 in Video Game Design

MSU's Video Game Design Undergraduate Program Ranked #10 in the Nation by the Princeton Review

#1 in Supply Chain

Michigan State University named #1 in Supply Chain Management by U.S. News & World Report

#1 in Nuclear Physics

Named #1 in Nuclear Physics ahead of MIT by U.S. News & World Report (4th consecutive year)

FRIB

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected MSU to design and establish the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

#1 for Employability

Ranked #1 in the Big Ten and #22 in the Nation for Employability of Graduates

Hospitality Business

Ranks #3 in Best Hospitality and Hotel Management School in the World by CEOWORLD Magazine