Thanks, I will try to contact them, and maybe the commissioner might be able to help to get Frandor to at least a once a season cleanup they won't work if they are clogged up. I wonder why these guys are not more concerned about their property.
I don't know, but this is always a problem with rain gardens. As you've probably noticed over the years, the ones on Michigan Avenue can get quite bad with trash that water brings with it. Those are the city's responsibility since they are in the road right-of-way, but instead, they have community groups "adopt" them because they don't want to spend the money to hire more workers to maintain them. And they've given also the excuse in the past that so long as they are accomplishing their purpose, the aesthetics are not a priority for them. So it's definitely not just a Frandor issue.
BTW, the owners of Frandor are the same ones who were trying to kick CATA out of the center because they are hostile to homeless people. It's an old-fashioned, local mom-and-pop operation and Frandor has survived in spite of them, IMO. They absolutely have no idea about any modern changes or idea to make the mall better; they run the thing like it's still their grand opening in 1958.
I just wanted to invite anyone who's interested to the Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails 10th annual meeting tomorrow, September 18th, at the BWL train station in REO Town. Doors open at 5:30, program begins at 6pm
There will be snacks and presentations by parks reps from various area municipalities discussing current trail construction and future efforts along with updates on the upcoming trails millage renewal. Buying a FLRT ($25) membership is appreciated but not required.
Speaking of trails, I noticed a trailhead had been freshly laid at the road entrance to Evergreen Cemetery the other day. Anyone know anything aout this? Are they going to lay a trail through the cemetery? I'm there quite often, and a lot of folks who live right off of it do walk their dogs and jog through.
Yeah, the main part will go from the corner of Mt Hope & Aurelius, through Fenner, through Evergreen then out onto Forest to connect to the existing Bear Lake Trail. Another section will continue east from Forest & 127 behind Mclaren to connect near the Izzo medical building. The section at the front of Evergreen is just to provide access from Fidelity Rd/Crego Park. This is part of my go-to route so I'll be very happy to have it be a real trail as opposed to cutting through the back of Evergreen on dirt paths.
I'm sure this is one of the projects Brett Kaschinske of Lansing Parks will discuss tomorrow.
Okay, what I saw was a trailhead laid east of the cemetery's driveway entrance on Mt. Hope. It looks like it was aligned to accept cycle and pedestrian traffic across the street on Fidelity Road going to Crego Park. But it currently goes a few yards/meters and just kind of ends; it doesn't connect to anything. So I'm curious to see what it's actually going to connect to, unless it's just to provide a short pedestrian entrance to the cemetery.
The route at the front of Evergreen is just going to join in with the cemetery drive, as will the main trail for maybe a 1/4 mile. You can kinda see in that map at the link where the trail and cemetery drive share the road before the trail splits off to head to the back of the cemetery along Forest Rd.
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BTW, the owners of Frandor are the same ones who were trying to kick CATA out of the center because they are hostile to homeless people. It's an old-fashioned, local mom-and-pop operation and Frandor has survived in spite of them, IMO. They absolutely have no idea about any modern changes or idea to make the mall better; they run the thing like it's still their grand opening in 1958.
There will be snacks and presentations by parks reps from various area municipalities discussing current trail construction and future efforts along with updates on the upcoming trails millage renewal. Buying a FLRT ($25) membership is appreciated but not required.
https://www.lansingtrails.org/events/2024-flrt-annual-meeting
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsLansingRegionalTrails/posts/pfbid07nurLnCnwDJFvEEJqnro7hVktFjFZ4jexoQhy1jGGAyqTpL8VkZCJTanBkNjjDoXl
I'm sure this is one of the projects Brett Kaschinske of Lansing Parks will discuss tomorrow.
https://edc.lansingmi.gov/1224/FennerCorporate-Research-Pathway
Saw quite a bit of construction going on, though.