Mixed Use Plans Overshadow Strip Malls at First Design Lansing Workshop

As part of the planning phase for the new Lansing master plan, Lansing residents are giving their input as to what they’d like the city to look like and that vision could include nixing surface parking lots or strip malls.

According to excerpts from the article:

The first “Design Lansing” community character workshop was held Thursday at the Lansing Center, giving residents an opportunity to “vote” on changes to the city’s first comprehensive master plan effort since the last one was completed in 1958.

The main question now for planners and residents is, “What do we want to transform into?”

“We’re after the big picture,” said Bob Doyle, a project manager from JJR, the firm contracted by the city Planning and Neighborhood Development Department to develop the new master plan. “We try to get a sense of the big picture ideas people are supporting.”

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