Economic Growth Cornerstone Alliance is actively driving business retention and expansion in Berrien County while pursuing new investment and company attraction to Michigan’s Great Southwest, signaling ongoing opportunities to position services around economic development, site selection, and investment facilitation.

Housing & Development New leadership in housing advancement and a focus on housing needs across the county opens avenues to offer affordable housing collaborations, workforce housing programs, and targeted housing policy analysis to support employer recruitment and employee retention.

Partnership Network Recent partnerships with Emerge Innovation Hub, Harbor Country Chamber, City governments, and planning organizations create potential for joint programs, satellite offices, and co-branded initiatives that can be sold as combined economic development packages.

Strategic Initiatives Initiatives like community-driven riverfront planning and development site tours indicate opportunities to provide feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement support, grant writing, and project management services for redevelopment and placemaking.

Funding & Programs With substantial revenue in the mid six figures-to-low seven figures range and a broad network of public-private funding, there is potential to offer grant management, program design, data analytics, and performance tracking to optimize impact and funding utilization.