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Not sure what's all going on in downtown Lansing but seems like there is some improvement.
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I was just in Lansing today. Michigan Ave. is looking fantastic.
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An article on the jobs picture. They keep making mention to a shrinking labor force, but the labor force has remained roughly unchanged for much of the past two years, meaning that actual unemployment really is down considerably from its peak:
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Green loans...
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Sad to see this being scaled-back, and even worse that they are taking out the multi-family building component, but 125-units is nothing to sneeze at in the middle of the city:
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They need to connect that development to the surrounding neighborhood. It's like a gated community in the middle of the city, which is d-u-m-b.
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Lots of news in the local business booster:
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This is good news. It finally gets DeWitt Township involved in an airport that's always been in their borders, but that they've never helped maintain. The entire tri-county region benefits from the thing, but Lansing and Ingham County were the only ones left on the hook for subsidizing this. This will finally bring some parity:
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The fact is that ingham county made this problem, and the support of the airport has nothing to do with Dewitt. It is the counties. Don't blame Dewitt for inghams lack of foresight. The fact is the land use by the airport has not been very valuable because of ingham bad job of managing the airport. In other words Dewitt would have taken in more money if the land would have been a higher use, even ag. Also Dewitt residents have played the price for the airport. They have to live next to the noise and other issues. They have had to deal with an airport that as never tied to work with it's neighbors. I have been told by airport management we are the airport and we will do what we want. Nice team player! Now instead focusing on how dewitt brought lansing and the airport to the table, you blame dewitt for something it had no part off. Dewitt could have said the airport has been a horrible team player, and let them fail. But it appears that Dewitt understands from their comments that we must work together for the greater Lansing region. The airport should be an important economic development tool, it has not, and I am glad that Dewitt and lansing can lead by example. Let's not toss stones at the past, but talking positively about the future. We live and die as a region. Praise people for working together not for what should have been done in the past. |
Really, whatever. It's been like pulling teeth to get the region to support any of the regional amenities, whether it be the zoo, the transit system, the community college, etc. Delta Township, literally across the county-line from Lansing, is still paying a higher bus fare because they refuse to chip in to fund the system.
Anyway, good news. Regionalism out of sheer necessity, now. And, as usual, it's Lansing, and in particular Mayor Bernero, that's willing to initiate the discussion: Quote:
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Thanks for all the updates, LMich! Gives me something to look forward to whenever my next visit will be. Where is the Marketplace project suppose to be?
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On the site of the old City Market.
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Im not putting much stock in this. I think this guy comes out with the same line every 6 months or so. I'll believe when I see it.
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Not so much a development, as simple news, but here he is the Census numbers for the region:
Metropolitan Area 2000: 447,734 2010: 464,036 +16,302 (+3.6%) ------------------------------------------ Municipalities (+25,000) ------------------------------------------ Lansing: ------------------------------------------ 2000: 119,128 2010: 114,297 -4,831 (-4.1%) ------------------------------------------ East Lansing: ------------------------------------------ 2000: 46,525 2010: 48,579 +2,054 (+4.4%) ------------------------------------------ Meridian Township: ------------------------------------------ 2000: 39,116 2010: 39,688 +572 (+1.5%) ------------------------------------------ Delta Township: ------------------------------------------ 2000: 29,614 2010: 32,408 +2,794 (+9.4%) --------------------------- The metro area grew nearly twice as quickly as what the last estimates had predicted, Lansing declined slightly less than predicted, East Lansing posted a significant gain having been predicted to have posted a slight decline. Meridian Township, which has been known for being anti-development, also posted a slight gain having been estimated to have lost a slight bit of its population. The fastest growing community in the metro was the sprawlburb of Bath Township, which posted nearly a 54% growth. Also of note on the county level is that every county in the MSA grew, with Clinton County being the fastest growing county in the state over the decade. The Census had predicted a slight loss for Ingham County, which posted a very slight gain. |
Though this was generally considered the month in which the project would wrap up when they first started it, you'd have expected the local media would have been counting down the day given the historic nature and size of the project. But, nary a peep until - SURPRISE! - they have a grand-opening, yesterday. It's almost like they tried to keep it a secret.
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Oooh! Loving the Accident Fund project! I can't wait to explore Lansing again!
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The Accident Fund project looks great. I love those massive windows from the inside.;)
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