Community businesses and leaders are working together to revamp the Michigan Avenue corridor that extends from East Lansing to the state capitol.
According to excerpts from the article:
Leaders from East Lansing, Lansing and Lansing Township are banding together to redevelop the busy thoroughfare. Leaders have turned to the community to turn Michigan Avenue around. From East Lansing to the Capitol, it's a street that bears our state name. Now, through the eyes of three entities and a community, everyone came together to share one vision- to change four miles on the strip on Michigan Avenue. Business owners, like Kevin Witgen of Discount Signs and Ruth Leyrer of Bancroft Flowers, couldn't wait to voice their ideas to spruce up the street.
But business owners say it's not just about making the buildings along Michigan Avenue pleasing to the eye, it's about making much-needed improvements to attract much-needed business.
Committee leaders plan to hold another workshop for the public on Tuesday, August 26th at the MSU center for community and economic development from 3 to 5p.m.
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