If you aren’t familiar with the Village Summit, they are a neighborhood empowerment group in Fab Acres near Reo Town, and have been doing some amazing things for the neighborhood. They are an incredible organization that has fallen on tough times, and they need our help!

So Google picked Kansas City as the home of the world’s fastest broadband. Congrats to them! While it was nice to hope that a giant benevolent corporation would sink a billion dollars into our region for advanced and experimental telecommunications infrastructure, it’s time to get a little more realistic about how we give ourselves a competitive advantage in our information infrastructure.
To that end, the Greater Lansing Quick Response Team is re-convening, this time under a new moniker, to pick up where we left off. We’re pulling the …

UPDATE:
PARK(ing) Day rocked!  If you couldn’t make it out, Bryan Robb was kind enough to time-lapse it for you.  Enjoy!

Park(ing) Day 2010: Lansing, Michigan from Bryan Robb on Vimeo.
When: Friday, September 17th
Where: Downtown Lansing
PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good. To do our part, Accelerate Lansing is partnering with Let’s Save Michigan to temprorarily transform three parking spots in Downtown Lansing into an urban oasis.

Join us Friday, September 17th, to celebrate our …

Some knew it as a department store, others knew it as an office.  But coming soon, a new generation will have the chance to know Knapp’s as a part of the Lansing experience.
For too many years this building has stood vacant in the middle of our downtown.  This completely unique, forward-looking building from the 1930s was yet another ghost of our past… a testament to what was, a reminder of what is.  Less than a block from our state’s capitol, this building is critical to the future of our downtown. …

Google is looking for cities around the country to test out its ultra-fast broadband internet. Spare no words in telling Google why Lansing is the best city to test this project! Fiber infrastructure is important in any growing high-tech economy, and Lansing’s network has a long way to improve. Let’s bring this competitive advantage to the Lansing area and watch small businesses and entrepreneurs flourish as they utilize this incredible asset!

Accelerate Lansing is looking for a team of volunteers to help area businesses with façade and streetscape improvements.
Initial volunteers will be needed to work with businesses on designs, so those with experience in landscape architecture, urban planning, or Google Sketchup are greatly needed.   Once designs are complete, volunteers will be needed to implement façade improvements, which can include cleaning and painting façades, planting, and other items as necessary and feasible.
In-kind donations will be accepted once designs are completed, and may include construction materials, painting supplies, and other tools.  We are …