During the September 29th Lansing city council meetings the council members did some shuffling of their proposed budget priorities. A flyer sent to residents paid for by the charter commission got called out for blatant propaganda. And transgender members of the community ask council to give statements denouncing hate targeting them and to provide further protections.
Our guest this episode Kris Klein is the President and CEO of the Lansing Economic Development Corporation (LDEC) a non-profit committed to advancing Lansing's vitality and equitable economic growth. He’s a proud city of Lansing resident since 2011 and a fellow avid watcher of City Council meetings.
The full discussion with Kris was unfortunately not recorded, apologies to Kris for some butchering of his thoughtful comments in the solo re-record.
Learn more about the work of the LDEC here:
And the LDEC’s small business technical assistance empower program:
https://lansingedc.com/the-empower-program
They also have some very nice story maps of the corridor projects on their website.
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You can learn more about Lansing’s City Council here:
https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council
Find meeting issues maps and bingo results from the meetings on the podcast’s patreon page here: