The $2 million renovation of the old Holmes Street School
in Lansing will create a high tech hub and education center for Lansing
residents. The new hub will include Spartan Internet and the new Information
Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC).
According to excerpts from the article:
The new center will occupy the first floor of the former
school. Spartan Internet Consulting Corp., which purchased the former school
for $110,000, is set to relocate its headquarters to the third floor of the
building.
The expansion will allow Spartan Internet to add between
30 and 50 jobs.
The Information Technology Empowerment Center will open
in late summer, officials said Monday, after an expected $2 million renovation
of the 85-year-old, three-story building is completed.
"The typical family around here does not have a
computer," said Adam Pitcher, president of the Holmes Street School
Community Neighborhood Association, which represents residents in the
surrounding eastside neighborhood.
The goal is to introduce technology to children to prepare
them for careers in high-tech fields, as well as to train parents and
professionals to be more tech savvy.
"We want to break the digital divide," Pitcher
said.
The center is a partnership between the neighborhood,
city of Lansing, Lansing School District, Michigan State University, Prima
Civitas - a community nonprofit group - and a handful of information technology
firms.
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