Sorry, just got back on so not to back up to far, but I thought when the renderings of the traffic circle were originally released 7-8 years ago or so, that they included a fountain as part of the plan.
Why would the Mayor feel he has to keep plans for City Market secret? They often seem eager to announce plans for projects that never get off paper, what is different about this situation? Expanded parkland sounds right to me perhaps with concessions like a beer garden or coffee/ice cream stand.
I am sorry to see that some people will lose their jobs, but this whole market and its location was a bad idea from the start. Whatever the city does with that space it needs to add value and actually be used by people.
I saw people working on the seating areas along Cedar by the river trail and 496. This is an example of what I mean about spending money on something that no one ever uses. The benches and bricked areas must have cost thousands just to have the "idea" of someone sitting there. That money could have been better spent putting the benches on the other side next to the river trail where they would be used, and plant trees and flowers on the Cedar side. So it was a nice "idea" to have a city market but that was money poorly spent on something that no one uses.
This corner of Lansing always seemed like a good place for development, it is so great to see the hospital have an impact before it is built. I think there where plans published a while ago with a "Northern Lodge" style design, is this the same developer or an all-new plan?
It's true this is an isolated area for pedestrians, and stores on Harrison and Jolly are more than a mile from this site so retail would be almost necessary unless they are planning a totally auto-dependent development.
The parkland proposals seem directly related to the sale of the Farmer's Market. Isn't that on parkland? I think this is a defensive maneuver after the mayor said that he wanted to sell it.
I am hoping that we do not see that pole barn standing there for years while people who say they want to keep it have their way and we all get to subsidize a bar and a 3/4 empty building.
After the substation deal [even though that was intera-city departments] perhaps people are concerned that when the next park is threatened with development we would have a way to stop it.
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So I guess that means plans for a fountain are dead? Maybe they have been and I just didn't know.
How nice it could look if they built new streets and sidewalks here as well.
Sorry, just got back on so not to back up to far, but I thought when the renderings of the traffic circle were originally released 7-8 years ago or so, that they included a fountain as part of the plan.
Why would the Mayor feel he has to keep plans for City Market secret? They often seem eager to announce plans for projects that never get off paper, what is different about this situation? Expanded parkland sounds right to me perhaps with concessions like a beer garden or coffee/ice cream stand.
I am sorry to see that some people will lose their jobs, but this whole market and its location was a bad idea from the start. Whatever the city does with that space it needs to add value and actually be used by people.
I saw people working on the seating areas along Cedar by the river trail and 496. This is an example of what I mean about spending money on something that no one ever uses. The benches and bricked areas must have cost thousands just to have the "idea" of someone sitting there. That money could have been better spent putting the benches on the other side next to the river trail where they would be used, and plant trees and flowers on the Cedar side. So it was a nice "idea" to have a city market but that was money poorly spent on something that no one uses.
This corner of Lansing always seemed like a good place for development, it is so great to see the hospital have an impact before it is built. I think there where plans published a while ago with a "Northern Lodge" style design, is this the same developer or an all-new plan?
It's true this is an isolated area for pedestrians, and stores on Harrison and Jolly are more than a mile from this site so retail would be almost necessary unless they are planning a totally auto-dependent development.
I am hoping that we do not see that pole barn standing there for years while people who say they want to keep it have their way and we all get to subsidize a bar and a 3/4 empty building.
After the substation deal [even though that was intera-city departments] perhaps people are concerned that when the next park is threatened with development we would have a way to stop it.