At the March 9th Lansing city council meetings the council moved forward with round two of the proposed Deep Green data center property sale and rezoning – setting public hearings for these items. Council approved a new code violation tagging system for white, yellow, red, and black tags. They approved a rezone for a church to operate a shelter facility on S MLK Jr Blvd. They introduced ordinances intended to tighten allowable liquor store locations and activities. They rescinded one make-safe-or-demolish order for the historic Pruess building in old town. Public comment focused on opposition to the data center and disappointment for the city’s actions kicking some folks out of the Causeway Bay hotel, folks who were recently relocated there by the city.  

Our guest this episode is Alyssa Cooling (Turcsak). Alyssa is the 4th Ward Member of the City of Lansing's Arts and Culture Commission. Her day job is in the nonprofit sector. Alyssa is proudly in recovery from a substance use disorder and runs the program Sober in Lansing (currently on a brief pause). She is a graduate of the Lansing Citizens Academy and the East Lansing’s Citizens Academy AND she’s a patron of this show!

Alyssa’s group Sober in Lansing on Instagram and Facebook:

https://www.instagram.com/soberinlansing/

https://www.facebook.com/soberinlansing

Lansing City Council meeting schedules and documents:

https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council

Find meeting issues maps and bingo results from the meetings on the podcast’s Patreon page here:

https://www.patreon.com/whatLansingCouncil

Alyssa’s shout outs:

Housing Ombudsman for Lansing:

https://www.lansingmi.gov/300/Housing-Ombudsman

517 Coffee company:

https://www.517coffeecompany.com/

The poetry room:

https://thepoetryroom.org/