The City of East Lansing just
opened the last capital improvement that was part of its ambitious
$500,000 Envision East Lansing Capital Development Campaign.
The final piece of the puzzle includes the opening of the $75,000 Ledebuhr Fountain in Downtown East Lansing near the Refinery clothing store.
The
fountain “represents the investment that people have made in our
downtown,” says Lori Mullins, with the City of East Lansing.
The
Envision East Lansing development campaign encouraged business owners
to donate money for dozens of community improvements in the downtown.
Some of these projects include benches, sculptures, the clock tower and
the Ledebuhr Fountain.
“This fountain was one of the first things pledged, and one of the last things to be installed from that campaign,” she says.
The
City of East Lansing launched the campaign in the 1990s as a way to
help small businesses beautify the downtown. Unlike strip malls and
outdoor shopping centers, independent small businesses don’t have money
to install community improvements. The Envision East Lansing Capital
Development Campaign allowed them to do this.
Source: Lori Mullins, City of East Lansing
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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