Lansing’s Racial Justice and Equity Alliance says the city needs more data on housing equality, affordability, and education.
Lansing’s Racial Justice and Equity Alliance says the city needs more data on housing equality, affordability and education.
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The group presented the finding during a community update over zoom Thursday.
Mayor Schor created the group in July 2020 following a series of calls for police reform and changes to systemic racism in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The alliance, made up of four committees, is creating a plan to address housing insecurity to narrow the disparities among people of color.
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LANSING The Lansing Police Department and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, are asking for federal funds to create a crisis assessment team to address social problems, according to a news release from the city.
LPD s proposal would expand efforts to address problems such as mental illness, substance abuse, housing insecurity, trauma and health inequities, according to a news release from the city.
The Lansing Crisis Assessment Team is a mobile response team that would engage in proactive and reactive joint responses, divert police calls for services, and provide referrals to people in crisis to community providers, according to a news release.
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The at-large council member launched her campaign today from downtown Lansing.
Spitzley says some of her priorities include the economy and policing. “It’s a good time for someone who believes in fiscal responsibility, she says. It’s a good time for.a person who is ready to transform our public safety.”
If elected, Spitzley would become Lansing’s first female mayor and the city’s first African-American mayor. “I am a black woman. I’m a proud African-American female. I’m a proud mother and a proud grandmother, Spitzley states, but I’m also a proud Lansing resident. And so, I believe that I would be a great mayor.”
If you have ever dined at Clara’s Restaurant in downtown Lansing, you know the place we are writing about. This 113 year old former train station is in the process of being redeveloped, if a brownfield redevelopment plan is approved according to the Lansing Mayor s office. This facility is in a prime downtown location only blocks from our state capital. As with many downtown redevelopments, the Gillespie Group is working on the project.
“The redevelopment of the train station on the Michigan Avenue Corridor will be the latest project to further revitalize the Stadium District in downtown Lansing,” Mayor Andy Schor said in a statement. Recent development in the area includes the opening of the Capital City Market and the Courtyard by Marriott hotel. “The repurposing of this now vacant building will help create an even more vibrant Michigan Avenue, while still allowing residents to enjoy its historic charm,” Schor said.