PS gb - one thing I've read time and again is that America is suffering from a pilot's shortage, and that's one of the reasons these smaller flights are getting cut. People retiring and it takes a lot more flight time to get certified to be a pilot these days.
Maybe this is the wrong page for airport discussions, I could not find that page. I think that Cape air may be a part of that program for the small inland airports they serve. They have also expanded to Montana and Missouri. I think I'll write them about coming to Michigan. Just a point of interest Boston Provincetown Airlines PBA had these routes before before Cape Air, and they used DC 3's until the mid 80's. It was so cool to have been on one of those old airliners. It was not pressurized or air conditioned, they gave out gum and fans. It flew really low and slow so you could often see whales and schools of tuna as you flew over to Boston.
I noticed something that could be a positive sign while walking the river trail. They were digging up and processing the mountain of broken pavement next to the Red Cedar near the "Knapp's warehouse" that may be redeveloped. I am hoping they will use the processed materials for rebuilding our streets, and also that the warehouse really is going to be developed.
On a not so great note I noticed they cut down a whole line of mature trees on Aurelius Road along where the grass lot or "park" is. The trees did not seem sick, or to be interfering with power lines, I was wondering why they needed to be removed. They are also blasting through lots of really beautiful trees near power lines on the south side. It is understandable that the trees need trimming, but they cut most of them in such a radical way that the trees have the middle or one side missing. I know this is an over reaction to ice storm complaints, and the total consideration is given to the lines and none for the trees.
If they want to cut down trees how about dead ones along the river trail and in other parks. Recent winds have brought down some huge dead trees right across the trails, people [and children!] could get hurt.
The reaction to the ice storm should not have been to cut down trees all over, but to start funding the burying of lines so we can fully prevent this in the future.
The cutting of the trees was an indirect subsidy to the developers since the developers would have had to pay for it if the property had been sold to them already. Does anybody know what the hold up is on the sale taking place?
The only thing that seems kind of off about the Red Cedar trees is that they where cut down before the land has been transferred or sold. It is interesting that there is concern for the rare bats that roosted there, and that was the reason they cut them. In an odd way that gives me hope that these guys really are interested in making this place an environmentally cooperative development, whether forced by mandate or not. I just wish they would get on with it. I would hate to see that we cut all those trees and nothing happens there.
Another walk down the river trail I noticed that there is demolition work going on at the "Knapp's Warehouse" which I hope indicates they are beginning the redevelopment of that building. They have also processed about half of the pavement pile that sits next to that building. I wonder how or if they plan to use the new mountains of dirt.
Notes from REOtown, there is a new shop in one of the "octagon window shops" that is going to sell re-purposed furniture, they add art to old pieces. In the shops next door there is a rehearsal or maybe recording studio in one and they are gutting the next. Hack's Key Shop is all moved in and has repaved the parking lot, it looks great. I wish some more business owners would do the same. They can't blame huge potholes in their lots on the city. Down on South Street on the west side of Washington they are redeveloping a nice brick building, they have painted a nice mural on the wall and replaced the windows[I don't really like the new windows] it seems like a salon/spa is going in there but I am not sure of that. I have also noticed a lot of folks visiting the sunken garden, they mostly look sad.
Of course right after I was praising the key shop for repaving their parking lot, they tore out the cedar trees on the north side of the lot. While I understand it was to make the building more visible, I always hate to see green paved over with black. There were already maybe 12 parking spaces there and many more on the street,while I hope they do well, I can not imagine 15 or 20 cars parked there at one time for key customers. Sometimes I think our city should be called "Lansing the city of parking lots"
LPD "functionally obsolete". Reminds me I was walking to catch a bus downtown a few months ago and came across someone laying on the sidewalk... just homeless I think, but after walking another couple of blocks I figured perhaps I should do something. So I walked to LPD downtown, as I was almost there, but it was after hours, but they have a phone in the entryway that connects with dispatch. So I picked it up and just let them know my concern... but the fellow I was talking to kept saying "sorry, you're breaking up". This was a call from a landline phone in their own lobby. Wonder how often someone uses it.
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On a not so great note I noticed they cut down a whole line of mature trees on Aurelius Road along where the grass lot or "park" is. The trees did not seem sick, or to be interfering with power lines, I was wondering why they needed to be removed. They are also blasting through lots of really beautiful trees near power lines on the south side. It is understandable that the trees need trimming, but they cut most of them in such a radical way that the trees have the middle or one side missing. I know this is an over reaction to ice storm complaints, and the total consideration is given to the lines and none for the trees.
If they want to cut down trees how about dead ones along the river trail and in other parks. Recent winds have brought down some huge dead trees right across the trails, people [and children!] could get hurt.