The guy from Okemos who's trying to farm shrimp indoors is in the news again. He now says that he's perfected the technology and is ready to scale up, if he can find funding. I certainly hope he's successful, as it sounds like this could become a pretty big industry. Indoor shrimp farming could grow into big Michigan industry
I'd hope that raising the bridge up a little would be something they'd do without having to be lobbied to do so, but who knows.
The old dollar store in Old Town at Washington & Grand River is slated to undergo what looks to be a pretty good renovation. The projects website is below. Walker Building
Also the old gas station on Grand River in Old Town looks like it's nearly done and it's really looking great. I'm surprised at the quality of the renovation, especially given the building's former condition.
I'm just glad to hear that they are breaking ground on Wednesday. I wonder if it's just a ceremonial groundbreaking or if they are going to start major construction right away.
I'm really happy with the job they did fixing up that building. It's especially nice given the difficulty I'm sure they'll have find a tenant for such a small space.
I was just going through some of my old pictures on my computer and I found an old rendering of a Lansing Center expansion. I can't remember where the picture came from, but I think it's from the proposal under Hollister to add 250,000 sq ft of space. Does anyone remember seeing this?
In the June 20th City Council packet, AT&T is requesting an easement in Adado riverfront park for their utilities. They state that this new easement is necessary "because the Michigan Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct the Saginaw Street bridge." It goes on to say that construction of the new bridge is slated for next year and that demolition of the current bridge could begin as early as December.
I'm really glad to hear the the bridge is going to be reconstructed so soon, but I'm concerned that the new bridge will have the same problems as the old one. I hope that they leave more clearance for the Rivertrail and that they make it have wider sidewalks, hopefully separated by a guard rail like the Shiawassee St bridge.
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The guy from Okemos who's trying to farm shrimp indoors is in the news again. He now says that he's perfected the technology and is ready to scale up, if he can find funding. I certainly hope he's successful, as it sounds like this could become a pretty big industry. Indoor shrimp farming could grow into big Michigan industry
The old dollar store in Old Town at Washington & Grand River is slated to undergo what looks to be a pretty good renovation. The projects website is below.
Walker Building
Also the old gas station on Grand River in Old Town looks like it's nearly done and it's really looking great. I'm surprised at the quality of the renovation, especially given the building's former condition.
$1.4M mixed-use project to bring 14,380-sq ft of new development to Michigan Ave
From the LSJ:
Segment of Lansing River Trail eroding into Grand River
From Capital Gains:
Lansing Public Media Center to open 12,000-sq ft public access studio, equipment library
New walkup bar brings baseball theme, $20K investment to Michigan Ave
From City Pulse:
Brownfield giving
I'm really glad to hear the the bridge is going to be reconstructed so soon, but I'm concerned that the new bridge will have the same problems as the old one. I hope that they leave more clearance for the Rivertrail and that they make it have wider sidewalks, hopefully separated by a guard rail like the Shiawassee St bridge.