Monthly Archives: October 2011

Letts Undergoes Further Clean-Up Last Saturday

Thanks to neighbor Sara McCormick and her mom, last Saturday morning the Letts Community Center’s planting beds received even more attention.  These gardening gals raked the beds out, pulled weeds, and most impressive of all trimmed the spiked shrubbery! In … Continue reading

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CITY OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD – NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CITY OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2011 South Side Community Center Community Room, 5825 Wise Road, Lansing, MI DESIGN LANSING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing on … Continue reading

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Lansing crime mapping tool is online

The Lansing police department has started using crimemapping.com to share crime related information.  The new site provides quick searching and sorting, plots crimes on an interactive map, and lets you get right down to street level. Users of CitizenObserver may … Continue reading

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Fall Family Carnival at Letts Community Center

Letts Community Center (1220 W. Kalamazoo) is having a Fall Family Carnival on Saturday, October 22nd from 1pm-4pm. Enjoy an afternoon of family fun with Carnival style games, face painting (by Celestine), ballroom animals (by Desirae), healthy snack samples (by … Continue reading

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Bulbs & Perennials Needed for School Garden-Based Nutrition Education programs

The Food Systems Project School Garden-Based Nutrition Education program at four elementary schools is in need of perennial and bulb donations for fall beautification efforts. As you may already know, our school garden program is funded by the Michigan Nutrition … Continue reading

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Letts Community Center Clean-Up

The Letts Community Center’s planting beds got a once-over this weekend thanks to the  Westside Neighborhood Association’s 2011 Neighborhood Improvement Committee’s chair, Mike Schury, and recent arrival to the neighborhood, Ami.  In an hour and a half, a garbage bag … Continue reading

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Regular WNA Board Meeting & CHANGE of DAY for Crime & Safety Committee

The regularly scheduled 3rd Wednesday WNA board meeting is coming up this Wednesday, the 19th. As always it takes place at 7:00 pm at Letts Community Center. We planned to welcome guests from Advent House to discuss the Home Tour … Continue reading

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New Restaurant in the Westside Neighborhood

So Trailer Park’d has a Restaurant! The new endeavor is called Fork in the Road, Local Artisan Diner. The location is 2012 West Saginaw, at the Fork where Saginaw and Oakland meet, right by the West side neighborhood. “The concept … Continue reading

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Curious about Sexton High School?

Not only is the Westside lucky enough to have such beautiful homes, but J. W. Sexton High School is also a true architectural gem.  For those who have not been inside and missed the opportunity to see it at the … Continue reading

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WNA’s School Board Candidate Forum

Last night was the Westside Neighborhood Association’s Candidate Night for Lansing School Board Candidates. If you weren’t able to attend, here is an article from Mlive.com

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