They pull that crap. I caught them jumping my price from like $7.99 to $12/month, so I canceled. Then I got an offer to renew for the whole year for like $29 total, so I did that. But you just reminded me to look and it looks like they got me for $48.96 for the 2024 year, so I better think about that before it renews next spring. Still just $4.08 a month but I hate the quiet sneaky increases.
Yeah, I may renew someday but it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Why not just offer a reasonable rate without having to call every year and complain? And to go all the way to $25 per month for just digital access? I'd happily pay $5 per month or so if I knew they weren't going to silently quintuple that price in a year.
One concerning but potentially coincidental bit of info from the article mentions a potential lease on Wood Rd in Lansing Twp:
One source said that CADL has received a bid for property on Wood Street in Lansing Township, where CADL does not have a presence.
I'm just going to assume that would be a new branch and not moving the main library there, obviously the main library should be in Lansing and it should be downtown, near the CATA station. I'd definitely support a campaign against their millage renewal or pulling Lansing out of CADL if they were to move the main branch outside the city. I don't see how they can build an adequate main branch without bonding out money and I don't know how they could do that without a new millage.
I agree. If they need more space, acquire the necessary land to build an addition on the south side of the building. If they have to close completely for a year or two for a full renovation then so be it. I'm not willing to vote for the likely $50+ million millage that would be required to properly replace it.
Yeah, that's a hard no from me if they leave that building. It's such an architecturally significant building by Kenneth Black (I believe) that deserves to be used and enjoyed by the public. I can't tell you how many people I see using it that come by foot, bike or other alternate means...including myself and husband. Moving out of the downtown core would be a major loss that, I also agree, would have me reconsider the funding and future millages.
I remember the downtown library was renovated just a couple of years ago, perhaps they did not update the building's infrastructure. This is perhaps the most "Lansing" building still standing and being used for its original purpose. Lansing's Kenneth Black was a famous and talented architect, and his design is unique and beautiful and should be continually renovated, it comes from a time when Lansing would spend some money on public buildings.
None of the language used by CADL officials has been promising. What I see quoted in these articles implies that they want to move to a location where they can have a lot of surface parking, CADL is obviously led by a great group of visionaries. I think it's worth noting that Lansing continues to have old branches in a strip mall and a community center basement. Even just building a new branch on Wood near Eastwood is an insult to the city, it would be not only on the edge of CADL's area, but on the edge of the populated part of the metro. Putting the main branch there just can't happen. Pulling Lansing out of CADL has to be on the table and it's better to wield that stick early to prevent whatever CADL is up to from proceeding. Leaving CADL is not a good outcome, just what has to happen if they don't serve the city.
If the hotel tax increase happens it could afford some funding opportunities for just about anything tourist related. I'm hoping for a Lansing Center expansion, Adado amphitheater and/or new science museum. The existing tax most recently brought in $3.6m in 2023, the increase would add $2.1m so this is a significant amount of money that could be bonded against. The quotes seem to imply that there is a willingness to reconsider how even the existing revenue is used.
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https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/cadl-move-from-capital-avenue-location-under-active-consideration,111665
One concerning but potentially coincidental bit of info from the article mentions a potential lease on Wood Rd in Lansing Twp: I'm just going to assume that would be a new branch and not moving the main library there, obviously the main library should be in Lansing and it should be downtown, near the CATA station. I'd definitely support a campaign against their millage renewal or pulling Lansing out of CADL if they were to move the main branch outside the city. I don't see how they can build an adequate main branch without bonding out money and I don't know how they could do that without a new millage.
It reminds of BWL's plans to move their operations to the GM sites on the west side that seems to have stalled.
None of the language used by CADL officials has been promising. What I see quoted in these articles implies that they want to move to a location where they can have a lot of surface parking, CADL is obviously led by a great group of visionaries. I think it's worth noting that Lansing continues to have old branches in a strip mall and a community center basement. Even just building a new branch on Wood near Eastwood is an insult to the city, it would be not only on the edge of CADL's area, but on the edge of the populated part of the metro. Putting the main branch there just can't happen. Pulling Lansing out of CADL has to be on the table and it's better to wield that stick early to prevent whatever CADL is up to from proceeding. Leaving CADL is not a good outcome, just what has to happen if they don't serve the city.
A couple other articles from City Pulse, one on a grant that will support a renewed tree planting effort in the city and another on a proposed hotel tax increase in Ingham County:
https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/lansing-hopes-new-tree-planting-program-will-bear-fruit,113010
https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/proposed-hotel-room-tax-increase-would-bolster-tourism,113008
If the hotel tax increase happens it could afford some funding opportunities for just about anything tourist related. I'm hoping for a Lansing Center expansion, Adado amphitheater and/or new science museum. The existing tax most recently brought in $3.6m in 2023, the increase would add $2.1m so this is a significant amount of money that could be bonded against. The quotes seem to imply that there is a willingness to reconsider how even the existing revenue is used.