“I love cheesecake, I love desserts, I love food. Growing up, I can remember my dad making peach cobbler and experimenting with cakes, and I guess I picked up that spirit. If you had asked me in high school what I was going to do when I got older, I would have told you ‘a culinary artist and a veterinarian’.
Little doggy cakes, the next big thing.
“It’s just a really great chance to break those winter blues,” said Natasha Dean, owner of Michigan Entertainment.
Every Saturday in February you’ll get to experience a winter play land with Lansing Winterfest.
It all starts on the 3rd with a winter block party from 11am until 3 pm.
“We are going to have a huge winter celebration on Washington sq. We’re going to enjoy live music, ice sculptures with live ice sculpting from artist,” said Marketing & Brand Specialist with Downtown Lansing Inc, Shakayla Zoss.
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – As mid-Michigan is warming up in the forecast for the first week of February, downtown Lansing is keeping the winter festivities going.
Joining Mid-Michigan Matters is Shakayla Zoss with downtown Lansing. She talks about the Lansing Winterfest beginning Saturday, Feb. 3.
Lansing Winterfest, an annual celebration hosted by Downtown Lansing Inc., offers free winter-themed activities each Saturday in February. The event was created in 2021 to encourage community members to get outdoors and celebrate the winter season while supporting local businesses.
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The 39th annual MLK Day of Celebration luncheon is going on right here in the Lansing Center.
It’s one of the largest celebrations for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the whole country. Tickets for the event have been sold out for months, with more than 1,500 people attending today, Jan. 15.
The theme of this year’s event is compassion, and embodying the spirit of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.
Downtown Lansing Inc. (DLI) announces the return of Lansing Winterfest, a month-long celebration encouraging locals and visitors alike to come out and celebrate the winter season in Michigan’s Capital Season while supporting local businesses. During the month of February, the community can head to Downtown Lansing each Saturday to enjoy free winter activities, themed events, local food, shopping and more.
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2024 is officially here and it's a new year full of new aspirations, that why I'm heading to the downtown Lansing neighborhood to check out what a few of our neighbors resolutions are! Some people were interested in building stronger connections with their neighbors.
"To be more present with the people I love and with myself and everybody else," said one Lansing resident.
Last week, I read a bizarrely mean-spirited and pointless editorial in the Detroit Free Press, bemoaning the fact that Lansing is the capital of Michigan and generally expressing how terrible our city is. Obviously, I disagree vehemently. I don’t feel like the editorial in question should be dignified with much more of a response than what has already been written by my friend and Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch, but it did make me ruminate on something that has been on my mind: the state of downtown Lansing.
The Michigan Main Street Story Series celebrates the unique stories of the people that create vibrant Main Street districts and work tirelessly to help these places thrive.
Michigan Main Street is working with Storyville Social to capture stories directly from the stakeholders that are the heartbeat of Michigan’s downtowns and traditional commercial districts. Together the collection of stories showcases the transformative power of the Main Street network throughout the state.
Have you been kayaking and enjoying the great outdoors with River Town Adventures yet? River Town Adventures first started with Paul Brogan & Nathan Williams opening a riverfront business located outside of the former Lansing City Market with a few kayaks and employees.
Each season River Town kept adding boats, employees and a loyal customer base. Now they have a homebase at Rotary Park as well as location at Cherry Hill Park. Paul & his staff are the People & Places that encourage us to explore Downtown!