Downtown Lansing, Old Town, REO Town and the Eastside and the Westside of Lansing used a portion of a 12,500 grant from the Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund to develop a color coded directory to the City of Lansing’s most prominent neighborhoods. The Southside and Stadium District were also added to the directory.
The neighborhoods are using the grant to promote their areas and the biggest project includes the color coded neighborhood directory.
“It’s more geared toward visitors or new people, like Cooley students,who have just moved across the country and don’t have time to get to know the area,” says Kate Koskinan, formally with the Allen Street Neighborhood Center.
The directories have seven sections, including a guide to entertainment, businesses, personal services and recreation and fitness.
“We also wanted to have people start exploring other areas of Lansing,”Koskinan says. “You get to know your comfort area and you tend not to venture outside of it.”
With the grant, the neighborhoods are also purchasing neighborhood sign-toppers. The toppers will go on top of street signs so visitors and residents know which neighborhood they’re in.
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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