Coolbreeze, please show me exactly what sentence I wrote that lead you to believe I think "Lansing needs to depend completely on the auto industry."
My last post stated: "I think a diversified economy includes biotech, IT, healthcare, education etc. AND manufacturing..." Very clearly I'm saying that Laning shouldn't depend on ANY one industry. Now that Coolbreeze and LMich have both interpreted my point completely wrong, I guess I will just accept that apparently I suck at writing and am not clear in what I mean.
Thanks Jared. I'm sure more people would be inclined to register and post on the site if they didn't think that either their opinions would be disregarded, or themselves berated for posting something they felt lent value to the conversation.
Jared, I agree that this isn't the thread for arguing points or going off-topic, but I honestly don't think every thread MUST be about the Lansing area, or even development. I have no problem discussing more general topics like politics, the economy, other cities or just about anything within reason. Thats just my two cents...
Me personally I wouldn't go as far as politics and others unless they relate to Lansing in some way, at least tangentially. However, I think that although the previous debate got a little heated/personal and there was some unnecessary name calling, I think it was a relevent discussion about development in Lansing. However, I'm just one member, and a relatively new one at that, so if others see that debate as inappropriate for this forum, I'll abide by that. And if others think that it seriously hinders others from offering their input on other topics/discussions, I would completely agree that it should be avoided as we need lots of input for a good forum to prosper.
Also, as someone right in the middle of the aforementioned debate, I'm obviously biased on this specific topic.
The City of Lansing's economic development forum was on Wednesday. There is an article in the LSJ. They highlight the $550 million dollar FRIB research center at MSU, IBM's move to MSU, and Accident Fund's relocation to the Ottawa Power Plant.
I found it really interesting that it's being announced in the Renaissance Center like it involves GM but there isn't any official partnership. Good timing with the North American Auto Show. But yeah, this could be particularly exciting for Michigan, and it's happening here in Lansing. On a side note, those seem like pretty reasonable prices too, maybe not right this second with this recession, but in a year or two, I think there are many who could afford a $8k-$15k pricetag for something like this.
I think this will be a good location for them, much more foot traffic and more visible. I didn't know they closed the one in Old Town to walk ins though.
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My last post stated: "I think a diversified economy includes biotech, IT, healthcare, education etc. AND manufacturing..." Very clearly I'm saying that Laning shouldn't depend on ANY one industry. Now that Coolbreeze and LMich have both interpreted my point completely wrong, I guess I will just accept that apparently I suck at writing and am not clear in what I mean.
Here is another interesting article on IBM
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090115/NEWS03/901150352
Also, as someone right in the middle of the aforementioned debate, I'm obviously biased on this specific topic.
I think this will be a good location for them, much more foot traffic and more visible. I didn't know they closed the one in Old Town to walk ins though.