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113-year-old Michigan train station to be redeveloped into mixed-use community space Updated 10:33 AM; LANSING, MI – A 113-year-old former train station in Michigan’s capital city is on deck to become a mixed-use community space if a brownfield redevelopment plan is approved, according to a news release from the city mayor’s office. Most recently occupied by Clara’s Restaurant, the historic train station, 637 E. Michigan Ave., sits vacant in downtown Lansing’s Michigan Avenue Corridor just a few blocks from the Capitol building. The Gillespie Group has plans to develop it. “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. ....
April 13, 2021 Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has been outspoken in his views on the impact of COVID-19 on government funding. “The City of Lansing, like cities across the nation, are dealing with major economic impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Schor said in a March 22 press release. When the Michigan Municipal League put together talking points for local government leaders looking for more federal funding, it included the following: “This pandemic has put our communities through hell.” But it’s hard to detect much pandemic hell in Michigan’s government payrolls, given what appear to be substantial pay increases in Dearborn, Rochester, Westland, and other localities, as reported by Michigan Capitol Confidential. ....
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Local activist Farhan Sheikh-Omar announces run for mayor of Lansing Farhan Sheikh-Omar speaks outside of the East Lansing Police Department at the “We’re next!” protest against police brutality in East Lansing on June 2, 2020. The protest was peaceful, and speakers talked about the current state of the nation as well as removing ELPD Officer Andrew Stephenson from his position. Photo by Annie Barker | The State News After arriving as a Kenyan refugee 15 years ago, Farhan Sheikh-Omar grew into adulthood in Lansing, finding himself protesting against police brutality and for racial equity in the city. Activism allowed Sheikh-Omar to instill change from the inside out and prompted his decision to run for mayor of Lansing in the Nov. 2 election. ....