On May 20, the East Lansing City Council green-lit a project to redevelop the Trowbridge Plaza to the south-west of campus, at a considerably smaller scope than originally proposed.
On Tuesday, the East Lansing City Council passed the budget for fiscal year 2015, as well as three plans for infrastructure repair.
The East Lansing fiscal year 2015 budget is on schedule for a vote by city council after the city council work session on Tuesday. The budget proposal will go to the city council meeting for a vote on May 20.
East Lansing City Council members agreed to delay the approval of further development on a property at 500 Albert Avenue and 122 Division Street, which eventually could be constructed into a four-story, mixed-use building for commercial and residential use.
A dashboard camera tells the story of the night of Jan. 13, 2013 for Brian Park, who was tackled to the ground by East Lansing police officer Thomas Burtch.
City officials are in the early stages of plans to replace some of the MSU family housing facilities.
After months of and public planning meetings, DTN Management Co. unveiled its plan for the new Park District to East Lansing City Council on Tuesday night.
More than two weeks after the “East Lansing City Council was elected, former Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett took over as mayor after new council members were sworn in Wednesday night.
The dust has settled, the campaigning has stopped and the results are in. East Lansing has two new city council members. Ruth Beier and Susan Woods won the four-year seats in Tuesday’s election, each landing more than a third of the total vote. Kathleen Boyle retained her two-year partial seat, affirmed by voters for the first time since she was appointed to fill a vacant seat last year. Their victories concluded a competitive election cycle — six candidates running for half as many seats — that centered on attracting young professionals to East Lansing. During the last several months, the candidates debated ideas on how to retain more students after graduation and diversify types of downtown businesses.
After months of campaigning and debating, most of the work for the six East Lansing City Council candidates is done. Now, only the most difficult part of the election process is left — the waiting game. East Lansing residents will decide between six candidates to fill two four-year terms replacing incumbents Kevin Beard and Vic Loomis, as well as one two-year partial term Tuesday. When the polls close at 8 p.m., residents and community members will begin to see what the future of East Lansing will look like.
Legacies can be a tricky thing to discuss. It’s hard in a community of different viewpoints for a consensus of what a public servant means.
Sam Artley isn’t far removed from the rigors of college life.? A 2012 MSU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in social relations and policy, Artley originally is from the Waterford Park area of southeast Michigan. She hopes to use her background as a young college graduate to bring a fresh perspective to the East Lansing City Council.
Ben Eysselinck has been many places in his life, but he said as soon as he entered East Lansing’s Glencairn neighborhood eight years ago, he was “instantly in love.” Now, he wants to make his mark on the city by running for one of the four-year term East Lansing City Council seats that will be vacated by incumbents Vic Loomis and Kevin Beard after the Nov. 5 election.
City officials agreed on a final payment plan for the reconstruction of Ann Street Plaza Tuesday, officially settling a payment dispute between the city and developer Kris Elliott. During Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting, council members approved a settlement plan by a 4-1 vote that outlines a reimbursement schedule for the $420,000 reconstruction project.
The East Lansing City Council will have new faces come the Nov. 5 election, and MSU alumna Ruth Beier thinks her economics background and financial know-how make her a good fit for the job. Beier, an economist for the Michigan Education Association and member of the city’s Downtown Development Authority, is running for one of two available four-year city council terms soon to be vacated by incumbents Kevin Beard and Vic Loomis. Beier sat down with The State News and answered questions about her candidacy.
With the East Lansing City Council elections coming up in November, ASMSU has decided to step in to spread awareness among students to register and vote.
A city proposal that would set a patron cap on downtown establishments serving alcohol past midnight and prevent any new businesses of a similar type from opening was unanimously deferred from consideration Wednesday night. The East Lansing Planning Commission, which deferred the vote until an unspecified date, cited concerns about the enormity of change the proposal would usher. Current establishments closing and stifling new businesses from opening were among those concerns voiced, and for good reason.
A block of unused properties near the corner of Grand River and Michigan avenues, formerly part of the failed City Center II project, might finally see long-awaited redevelopment.
One off-campus apartment proposal in downtown East Lansing was given the go-ahead by city officials Tuesday, while another, larger housing plan still awaits further discussion. Although some city officials questioned the suitability of apartment units containing five or more bedrooms in East Lansing, a proposal for a seven-bedroom apartment in the second floor of 547 E. Grand River Ave. was approved Tuesday evening by the East Lansing City Council.
East Lansing could have more student housing options in the near future if city officials approve two development proposals up for discussion Tuesday. The East Lansing City Council is planning to discuss whether to allow construction of a seven-bedroom apartment and a five-story mixed-use building at its Tuesday meeting.