The improvements and renovations made to the Foster Park building within Lansing’s Foster Park are complete and include a green roof.
The Foster Park building is three blocks south of the Foster Community Center and houses the Lansing Garden Project, which is administered by the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
The renovation was one of necessity as the building’s roof had been leaking for quite some time. The renovations included a new roof, new bathrooms and updated community space.
A Foster Park neighbor brought the idea of a green roof forward. It was well received by the City of Lansing’s Park and Recreation Department as it fits in with the city’s desire to make Lansing a greener and more environmentally minded city.
“The benefit of the green roof is that it prolongs the life of the roof by not allowing the sun to break down the roof,” says Anne Rauscher with the Garden Project. “It helps with storm water runoff and also helps moderate the temperature in the building.”
The facility was closed for a year. The Garden Project moved out in the winter of 2008 and moved back into the facility in April 2009.
“We’re really grateful to be back into the resource building,” she says.
Source: Anne Rauscher, Garden Project
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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