Meet the Techies
By: Suban Nur Cooley, 9/30/2008
Meet Chad Paalman, Frederick Schramm and Justin Welsch, three young Lansing-area IT professionals who prove that our hometown techies are anything but geeks.
Thomas Friedman Offers Michigan Some Green Guidance
By: Ivy Hughes, 9/24/2008
New York Times columnist and author, Thomas Friedman, recently visited Michigan to talk green revolution, local innovation, and the opportunities for Michigan in a hot, flat and crowded future.
Capital Ideas: Denise Peek
By: Ivy Hughes, 9/24/2008
Denise Peek, executive director of the Entrepreneur Network of Mid-Michigan, chats with Capital Gains about Michigan’s economy, supporting local entrepreneurs, and revitalizing Lansing neighborhoods.
Salsa Scene Heats Up Lansing Nights
By: Yana Levovna, 9/17/2008
Put together an entrepreneurial young Venezuelan salsa dancer, a hot local salsa band, and a Lansing riverboat captain, and you’ve got the ingredients for a booming new Lansing dance scene.
Lansing Learns to CHILL
By: Sam Mills, 9/17/2008
Ashley Medina is a Life Stylist. From her shop in Downtown Lansing, she's in the business of helping creative professionals grow, network and stay put in Lansing.
VIDEO Studio Intrigue
By: Kraig Westfall, 9/17/2008
In the first of many Capital Gains video features, Kraig Westfall gives us a glimpse into Studio Intrigue, a young, REO Town-based architecture firm that’s taking the term “walk the walk” to a whole ‘nother level.
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Lansing Live and Local Radio
By: Ann Kammerer, 9/10/2008
Ensconced in subterranean studios at Lansing Community College, WLNZ 89.7-FM fills a niche that showcases the talents of local broadcasters, musicians and non-profit organizations.
Greening Mid-Michigan Schools
By: Lydia Weiss, 9/10/2008
Not only are designated “Green Schools” good for the environment, they’re an economically sound investment. A look at the Lansing region’s efforts go geen in the classroom.
Lansing Grows a Garden Party
By: Elizabeth Silver, 9/3/2008
More than 30 neighborhood gardens and one amazing greenhouse are helping Lansing improve parks, foster sustainability and provide fresh food to needy residents.
CG International: Couchsurfing in Toronto
By: Ivy Hughes, 9/3/2008
CG's managing editor, Ivy Hughes, and her husband, Peter, put the latest Web travel trend, couchsurfing, to the test. Read her report on finding free lodging and clickable camaraderie among our transit-friendly neighbors in Toronto.