Business owners along Michigan Avenue in Lansing have joined together
to create the Avenue of Michigan Business Community. The group's goal
is to
strengthen the business communities’ relationship with surrounding
neighborhoods.
“Our main goal is to work on a master plan for the neighborhood,” says Ruth Bancroft, member of the Avenue of Michigan Business Community and owner of Bancroft Flowers on Lansing's Eastside.
“One of my goals is to make it (the Eastside) a safe, walkable area,” she says.
She says businesses want to work with neighborhood people to make the Michigan Avenue corridor more attractive so more people visit the area. This may include adding flowers, benches and lighting.
“We don’t want to wait five or 10 years,” she says. “We want to do this beautification now.”
Source: Kate Koskinan, Allen Neighborhood Center
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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