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		<title>Snow Angels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling all good neighbors!  With a newly-enforced snow ordinance helping to keep our sidewalks safe, it&#8217;s important to remember that some folks simply can&#8217;t go outside and shovel snow.  Whether because of age or ability, no neighbor of ours should have to pay a fine or unnecessarily risk hurting themselves.  That&#8217;s where the Snow Angels come in &#8211; sign up below, and we&#8217;ll connect you with other good neighbors in your area who want to make sure nobody gets left behind next winter.  We&#8217;ll get together as the weather cools ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/405/snow-angels/</link>
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		<title>Regional Broadband Action Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Google picked Kansas City as the home of the world&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;re pulling the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/393/regional-broadband-action-team/</link>
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		<title>REO Town Arts Benefit</title>
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Accelerate Lansing is hosting a reception celebrating and supporting local art.  We will hold a silent auction of art related to the Deluxe Inn Project to raise funds (50/50) for REACH and a fund set aside by the REO Town Commercial Association to commission public art in the REO Town area.
Wednesday, October 20th
5:00pm – 8:00pm
REO Art Alley
1133 S. Washington
Lansing, MI  48910
There will be drinks available, snacks for sure, and tunes thanks to DJ Rod P &#8211; a local DJ and violin virtuoso.  If you would like to make a donation, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/326/reo-town-arts-benefit/</link>
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		<title>PARK(ing) Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:
PARK(ing) Day rocked!  If you couldn&#8217;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&#8217;s Save Michigan to temprorarily transform three parking spots in Downtown Lansing into an urban oasis.



Join us Friday, September 17th, to celebrate our ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/298/parking-day/</link>
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		<title>Public Space for Public Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:
Capital Gains did an amazing spot on this project! See some pics and read the story below:
Decoding the Deluxe Inn: Part 1
Decoding the Deluxe Inn: Part 2

Artist Dates: July 30th, July 31st, August 1st (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Work Hours: Noon to 8pm, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Public Exhibition Dates: August 1st – August 8th
Public Exhibition/Viewing Hours: Noon-Dusk Only
Supplies Provided: Pizza and Water
(Please bring your own paint, contact josephmanzella@gmail.com if this is an issue)
The Event:
Artists from Greater Lansing, as well as neighbors from Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Chicago, will be descending on ReoTown to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/277/public-space-for-public-art/</link>
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		<title>Michigan Works Legislative Breakfast</title>
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Thanks to Capital Area Michigan Works for bringing Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Joan Bauer, Melissa Horste from Sen. Levin&#8217;s office and local legend Tony Baltimore from Rep. Rogers&#8217; office together this morning!  The open format allowed people from groups like GRC, Accelerate Lansing, Spotlight MI, The Arts Council, and a whole host of other pro-Lansing and Pro-Michigan groups to get the ear of our legislators and let them know our priorities.
Afterward, Tom Ruis of GRC and MSU Young Alumni Assoc, Amanda Vander Muelen of Spotlight Michigan hung back and talked ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/267/michigan-works-legislative-breakfast/</link>
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		<title>Update: Public Art Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Round 2!  Many of you might remember when we started this pr0ject last summer &#8211; Luke Pline and Chris Van Wyck are moving full-steam ahead with collecting your pictures for the project and getting it rolled out as soon as possible.  Luke will be setting up photo shoots in the next few days and Chris, one of the creative geniuses Greater Lansing is happy to have, is going to handle the finished product.
Luke is looking to set up a &#8216;meeting&#8217; at the Tin Can in the next week to go ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/265/update-public-art-project/</link>
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		<title>4/28/10 &#8211; Lansing State Journal: Knapp&#8217;s redevelopment key to area sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Support for the re-development of the historic Knapp's building is a great way for Greater Lansing residents to honor the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Knapp's rejuvenation will provide a significant economic and aesthetic boost for Greater Lansing and will put more momentum behind our community's sustainability efforts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/248/42810-lansing-state-journalknapps-redevelopment-key-to-area-sustainability/</link>
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		<title>4/12/10 &#8211; Lansing State Journal: Google or no, I love Lansing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of volunteers spent way too much time together over the past few weeks working on the Google Fiber-to-Home Initiative, and whether Google chooses Greater Lansing as the test site for ultra-high speed fiber or not, we need to be proud of our effort. The deluge of support from residents, organizations, and municipalities throughout the region is a testament to what we as a region are capable of.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/242/41210-lansing-state-journal-google-or-no-i-love-lansing/</link>
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		<title>5/10/10 &#8211; The Michigan Daily: In bid for Google Fiber, Ann Arbor faces competition from cities in home state</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Tremaine Phillips, member of the economic development organization Accelerate Lansing, said the capitol and surrounding municipalities submitted an application together.

In order to get the community involved in the initiative, Phillips said a town hall meeting took place to discuss the network. A Facebook fan page was also established that has attracted more than 4,000 members."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acceleratelansing.org/203/203/</link>
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