THE FIVE CAPITALS
HOW WILL INVESTMENT
DECISIONS BE MADE?
Potential investments will be evaluated not just on financial performance, but how they reflect the values and priorities established through neighborhood planning and support long-term stability rather than short-term financial gain.
The Lansing Growth Fund will ensure that investment decisions are both responsible and rooted in the long-term health of Lansing’s neighborhoods by utilizing local expertise and a structured review process. An advisory group will help evaluate opportunities and provide recommendations to the Board, ensuring decisions are informed by on-the-ground knowledge and community context.
We don’t just look at how much money a project might make. We want to know if it actually helps the neighborhood. To do this, we use a checklist called the Five Capitals to make sure we are helping the community in every way possible:
• Financial – the flow of money and economic resources within a community
• Built – the physical infrastructure that shapes daily life, quality housing, buildings, and public spaces
• Social – the relationships, trust, and networks that connect people within a community
• Human – the knowledge, skills, health, and abilities of the people who live in a community
• Natural – the environmental systems that sustain life and support community well-being
We are “testing the waters” to gauge investor interest in a potential offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. While we would love to hear from you about your interest in investing, at this time we are not asking for a commitment or for any money. Please don’t send us any money, since we cannot accept it and will have to return it to you. Only if and when we file an offering statement on Form C with the SEC will we be able to accept money or anything else of value from investors; and even then, any payment must be made through a licensed crowdfunding portal. For now, an indication of interest is not binding and involves no obligation of any kind.