by: Daylyn Huff
Source: WLNS
LANSING, MI — The City Rescue Mission opens a new Single Adult Shelter (SAS) in Lansing.
The new facility is located at 415 W. Kalamazoo St. The shelter will now house the Mission’s men’s shelter services, previously located on Michigan Avenue, and the Outreach Drop-in Center.
Source: Rachel Greco via Lansing State Journal
LANSING - Pat Gillespie remembers feeling a giant pit in his stomach. It was 2012, and he had just finished a phone call with Tom Dickson, then-owner of the Lansing Lugnuts.
“Hey, just FYI,” Dickson told him. “You might want to cool your jets developing around the stadium district.”
Source: Rachel Greco via Lansing State Journal
LANSING — Z!Eats, formerly Zoup!, has closed its downtown location after nearly 15 years in a storefront off South Washington Square.
Source: Rachel Greco via Lansing State Journal
LANSING - Sweet Encounter Bakery & Cafe will close its downtown Lansing storefront inside the historic Knapp’s Centre next month.
Downtown Lansing Inc. has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Accelerator Grant from The Hartford, in partnership with Main Street America, to launch The Macotta Club, a culinary accelerator housed in the historic Knapp’s Centre on Washington Square. The grant will support the club’s initiative to support 16 different concepts by providing a 36-month accelerator program that includes a shared concept kitchen, business training and the production of a variety of dining experiences.
LANSING, Mich., July 14, 2025, Gillespie Group, a leading force in community-driven revitalization projects, announces plans to potential acquire the soon-to-be former space of The Lansing City Rescue Mission along the 600 block of Michigan Ave in the Stadium District of Downtown Lansing directly across from their BLOCK600 development.
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LANSING — A downtown street most known for state buildings, parking ramps and CATA buses has become a hub of new construction activity that could revitalize the capital city.
Middle Village, a retail accelerator program presented by Downtown Lansing Inc. (DLI) and powered by Lake Trust, welcomed three new businesses as part of its fifth cohort.
