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I don't post much here, usually content to lurk, but I run the comic book shop in the 200 block of Washington (Clem's Collectibles) and we have an annual event called Free Comic Book Day that we hosted this last Saturday. Had almost 500 people come…
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I also am really excited about this new service, just heard about it last week. My sister lives in Manhattan, so this will make for a lot more visits if JetAmerica proves to be a viable long-term mainstay in Lansing. Does anyone have any good reco…
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Hey everyone, haven't posted in a while, but always enjoy reading. Jared, I went to the Chili cookoff, you're right the place was packed. While it was scheduled to run from 5-10pm, my friends and I could not arrive until 8pm, and they had already …
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Micro - Thanks for posting the Council members' email addresses. I'm not in the habit getting too involved in this type of local politics, but I have sent them a strong note of support for this project. Hopefully my involvement with downtown busi…
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Hey all - Regarding the Walter Neller building, I had some good information about 6 months ago that Sean Elliot, the developer of the condo building at the end of Allegan, was also interested in purchasing this property. In fact, I thought that he…
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I'm sure some of you have seen this already, but there are some potential landmines that Accident Fund will now have to navigate. Mike Cox conveniently dropped this lawsuit threat on the same day that the new plans for the HQ building were publiciz…
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I hadn't heard about grocery, coffee, etc., on the ground floor. I think that would be great for the residents, and probably the beginning of a new wave of "common retail" downtown, things like the recently-deceased bookstore that weren't previousl…
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Exciting stuff. Does anyone know of anything that might hold this project up, zoning, council issues, etc? Who owns that land currently? It sounds like this is one project that might go from the drawing board to reality pretty quickly as long as …
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I actually talked several times with fellow who owns (owned) the two bookstores in question before he moved in downtown, and he was optimistic that he could build a regular crowd to pick up magazines on their lunch hour, and then grow into more stea…
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Hey everybody, longtime lurker, first-time poster. The downtown area is of special interest to me, so I thought I'd add to this conversation. There is a new vacant area down here... the Capital City Bookstore, open all of 9 months, just closed dow…