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I wonder if this project will mean they won't be building the proposed welcome center? I am hoping they do not put a surface parking lot on top of these new structures, and that no more trees will be cut down.
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In this same area has anyone heard about the brewery being built in a former bank? It seems like they have been working on this for such a long time. At times it looks like they have stopped the project, then there is some activity then it stops aga…
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Some of the council members want to make sure that prevailing wages are paid and local workers are hired if the city is going to have so much money involved. I believe the developers said they will address these issues.
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There is now a barricade closing the sidewalk and it looks like the demolition of the old buildings there has begun.
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Garche, I have written here before about the small Cape Cod town I lived in, where they replaced the main street's pavement with a permeable blacktop that allows rain and snowmelt to pass through the pavement, it does not freeze or gather on top or …
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I remember reading about the developer of the Red Cedar project who said the Mayor has big plans for the riverfront. The City Market area is the only riverfront property that is not a park or privately owned so there must be something up for that sp…
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It looks like we must elect lawmakers[Democrates] that will change the mindset in our legislator and with our Governor towards really addressing our urban streets and infrastructure. It almost seems like adding planks to the end of a bridge that is …
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This looks great, and kind of goes along with the public/private idea of enhancing the public space around the private development to create business for the development. I have said before maybe private businesses could sponsor street and sidewalk …
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They have been knocking out the back wall of the building for a couple of days. I thought the building had caught fire there was so much dust billowing up. Maybe that is where the outdoor patio will be. I was hoping they would out it front to add pe…
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I noticed the same brick pavement under the crumbling pavement on S. Capitol Ave and on S.Washington and Kalamazoo. It is noisy but brick paving can have fewer pothole problems. It is so enjoyable to hit a "smooth zone" where you can relax a bit a…
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I think it would be good for the city to study what went wrong if they want to continue to have a "city market". I think it would provide a story in which the city even in desperate times finds it is important to consider everything from the number …
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The temporary wall on the building I believe Good Truckin Diner is renovating has been removed and they have a very nice storefront there now. It looks really great with big windows.
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The "South Area" has been bricked and the wall is starting to look like a stadium or Coliseum. The trees that remain to the south are leafing out and are blocking the view of the wall better than I thought they would. So far it looks OK but they hav…
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I read that some members of the City Council will vote against the plan as is without commitments to hire locally at prevailing wages. Lansing is spending a lot of money on this development and they should have these issues addressed. I am hoping th…
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It looks like there would be enough room to build a protected bike lane, maybe even a small narrow median [with grass and flowers?] all the way to East Lansing. Kalamazoo Street past Hunter Park is really a mess these days, the bike lane is full of …
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I am not taking "total" credit for the nighttime illumination plan but it was one of these ideas I submitted to "the penny for your thoughts" campaign that they chose to publish on their page. I never got the $25 dollars, however! This will encoura…
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To me, it is kind of like Lansing running the City Market. The city government just doesn't really know how to market retail space. Retail storefronts in a mall like shopping districts are closing everywhere. Why would someone want to open a shop ba…
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I read about the lawsuit out at Eastwood. Now I know what you guys are talking about in regards to Lansing Township and the developers. I will never understand already wealthy people always seem to need more and will gladly take less wealthy people'…
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The brickwork is going up on the wall on the Malcolm X side. It looks good. It is interesting to drive down Capitol Ave [besides the lack of pavement] to see the wall at the end of the street. It brings REOtown much closer in the view from downtown.
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PS I am glad the Quakers will finally have their own fields of dreams. Does Eastern play Sexton anymore? I went to Sexton and we used to be in the same league the 6-A/7-A. I see that Sexton is class-B these days.