I should have mentioned that unfortunately 308 E Cesar is in the latter stages of make safe or demolish and assessed as too far gone. It is a damn shame the Brewer family let it rot for so long. The more I thought about it, it seems more likely it will just be used to expand the parking, but it will be one of the many infill spaces for someone with the right vision. Honestly there is no reason for Artic Corner to not be a storefront in an awesome mixed-use building on this corner, rather than the standalone building it is today.
The City submitted permits for the Fish Ladder improvements. Lots of seating and lighting upgrades, with a public fire pit.
Report detailing all of the State Representatives' pork requests, per new House rules. I didn't think there was anything as flashy as last year for the Lansing-area, but touching on a few things - renovating the Lansing Center, renovating Eastern High's Don Johnson Fieldhouse, partially funding City Rescue Mission's downtown move, updating BWL's Downtown Lansing steam system, and funding the City's plan for a "pod community" as homeless-transitional housing. The first little insert in the article opens up into a spreadsheet detailing everything. you can search by word if you want to look at requests by location or rep.
Are the plans for the fish ladder in a parks commission agenda or something? Speaking of the ladder, there is a HUGE tree stretching the dam after storms weeks ago. I was surprised the BWL hadn't been out there to remove it as it can't be good for the operation of the structure.
To be fair, I think someone could renovate 308 Cesar Chavez and break even, it'd have been done if values in this area were a little higher. I certainly don't mind it being razed to make room for a development that someday includes the artic corner property, I'd just like to ensure that it isn't used for parking. We don't need to incentivize property owners that want parking to simply buy buildings and let them rot.
@MichMatters I pulled this site plan from Capitol Region Community Foundation's site awhile ago:
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The City submitted permits for the Fish Ladder improvements. Lots of seating and lighting upgrades, with a public fire pit.
Report detailing all of the State Representatives' pork requests, per new House rules. I didn't think there was anything as flashy as last year for the Lansing-area, but touching on a few things - renovating the Lansing Center, renovating Eastern High's Don Johnson Fieldhouse, partially funding City Rescue Mission's downtown move, updating BWL's Downtown Lansing steam system, and funding the City's plan for a "pod community" as homeless-transitional housing. The first little insert in the article opens up into a spreadsheet detailing everything. you can search by word if you want to look at requests by location or rep.
@MichMatters I pulled this site plan from Capitol Region Community Foundation's site awhile ago: