At Tuesday's work session, a majority of City Council were cautious, but willing to work medical marijuana provisioning centers into the city's retail landscape. One councilmember believes the risks outweigh the benefits for East Lansing. Ann Nichols reports.
The City of East Lansing has been trying to help businesses downtown weather the stresses of the Center City District construction. ELi's Alice Dreger summarizes the efforts and talks to business owners about what's helping, what's not, and what might work better.
In a rare instance of deregulation in East Lansing, City Council has voted to repeal the so-called 50/50 law. The hope is for more diversified dining and drinking options downtown. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.
Even if East Lansing officials approve the new site plan coming for the Park District, the project could still hit the same vein of fatal problems it did last time around. ELi's Alice Dreger explains.
Should there be marijuana provisioning centers in downtown East Lansing? Should they have to be 500 feet apart? The Planning Commission recently talked about these issues and more. Ann Nichols reports.
Using the Freedom of Information Act, ELi finds that almost $700,000 in future local taxes from the Center City District project have been earmarked to pay the developer’s attorneys, the developer’s financial advisors, and the developer’s father’s company. What does Council say?
Did Bell's Pizza receive a notice of violation on its shed because the business played host to the "Vote No" campaign on the income tax? ELi used the Freedom of Information Act to see what we could find. Kepler Domurat-Sousa reports.
What can the City of East Lansing expect in terms of benefits and costs of the Center City District redevelopment project? A reader asked, and we dug through a lot of records to get some answers.
East Lansing Planning staff say that the Center City District bonds have now closed, which means construction is officially starting on the project. What should we expect in the coming months?
As the State of Michigan begins accepting licenses for medical marijuana businesses, East Lansing's DDA has voted unanimously to ask City Council to defer action on provisioning centers when it takes up the issue next week. Alice Dreger reports.
City Council has unanimously approved "The Hub," a controversial 10-story project near MSU's campus designed to house 585 student residents and very few of their cars. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.
The Downtown Development Authority has unanimously recommended Core Space's proposal for The Hub, a ten-story student housing project near campus. Now it goes to City Council for a decision. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.
With approvals obtained yesterday from two East Lansing governmental bodies, financing for the Center City District project is expected to be finally settled next week. Construction will start after that. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.
This week, City Council approved a new performance-guarantee agreement with the Center City District developer. Today, that agreement amendment will be considered by the two other bodies that must approve it.
The just-released proposed changes to the Center City District deal confirm what ELi has been reporting. The developer and Council believe the deal needs significant changes.
