I am not sure who is mad about what but there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the Holiday Market in Reutter Park. The folks who gather in the park are wanting to use the warming sheds and have been kept away by security. I can think of several different downtown locations that would be better for a Holiday market and without controversy. I believe that the intentions were good, but the city must have been aware of the situation, as it seems this park is the only one in the city that I have noticed were groups of adults gather on a daily basis. I think they should move the market next time while also install warming areas for the folks who gather in Reutter Park. Or as I have suggested before, giving those folks a better more comfortable place to hang out, like Cherry Hill Park which see little use by anyone.
It is good to see the space filled in, the building is looking OK too. I am not sure I would want to have my apt. right next to the intersection there. I noticed wood framing stacked up on the river side of the development, which would be a much better place to live.
The park controversy is ridiculous to me with this Christmas market. The city can't be expected to make a public park a de facto shanty town for homeless people and still expect others to want to move into apartments in the area. It sucks that we have homeless, but just ceding park land to them, in the heart of downtown, isn't the answer.
People in this town can't seem to get out of their own way when it comes to trying to do something cool here.
I'm very, very glad to hear of that approval. If that building happens and is close to what was shown in the renderings I think it will be a huge boon for that area.
The street and bridge up there have been repaved after years of huge potholes and looks much better than this photo! I think taking over a vacant industrial site along the river and building housing is just what the city needs. There are many vacant sites that are not on the river if they should be needed for industrial development.
I was caught off guard with the news that Sparrow Health System is being acquired by University of Michigan Medicine. I'm concerned about further consolidation, but I've also heard so much about Sparrow quality decline over the years, so I'm hoping this is for the best for the region.
Not that it matters when it comes to health, but Michigan really owning MSU here once all the signage changes.
I agree that I really don't like the idea of seeing yellow block "m's" all over Lansing, and that MSU really should be looking to its second host city for expansion. I think MSU could take over Cooley Law School and bring Sparty's law students right downtown.
But I'm still so disappointed with how much MSU has turned its back on its own region on a whole host of fronts when they could been building prestige in their hometown.
I too am disappointed with MSU and how they turn their back on Lansing constantly. Had they invested in Lansing instead of other areas, like Grand Rapids, that would have been huge for Lansing.
That said, I think the UM Health merger/acquisition will be great for the region. Based on how they took over Metro Health near GR and continued to expand, I don't think their goal is to consolidate. They will likely separate it from UM Health, similar to UM Health West, and grow it as that in the region.
UM Health is basically a separate but affiliated entity with UM. MSU doesn't have nearly the robust medical branch like UM. However, it's unfortunate it still couldn't be MSU. I think having a link to the best Healthcare provider in the state, if not region, will be great for Lansing.
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People in this town can't seem to get out of their own way when it comes to trying to do something cool here.
Not that it matters when it comes to health, but Michigan really owning MSU here once all the signage changes.
https://statenews.com/article/2022/12/university-of-michigan-health-moves-to-purchase-sparrow-health-system
I couldn't have said it better.
That said, I think the UM Health merger/acquisition will be great for the region. Based on how they took over Metro Health near GR and continued to expand, I don't think their goal is to consolidate. They will likely separate it from UM Health, similar to UM Health West, and grow it as that in the region.
UM Health is basically a separate but affiliated entity with UM. MSU doesn't have nearly the robust medical branch like UM. However, it's unfortunate it still couldn't be MSU. I think having a link to the best Healthcare provider in the state, if not region, will be great for Lansing.