Mark your calendars:
Green Infrastructure
Planning March 6th
- Nancy Krupiarz
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Don't miss this important opportunity to begin to map our Green
Infrastructure in the tri-county area! The activity will happen on
March 6th from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the
Hannah Community Center at 819 Abbot Rd. in East Lansing.Read more
about Green Infrastructure
here.
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Mark your calendars:
Land Use Luncheons Kick Off Jan 4th
-Gene Townsend
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See dates and more information
here and below!
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Mark your calendars:
Coalition Meeting
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Moving Our Community Toward Health Coalition will meet on the 6th or 7th
of February at 11:30am at Gone Wired. Please share your preferred
meeting date and agenda items with
LeRoy.
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Mark your calendars:
Advocate for Street Changes on Jan 7th
- from Jessica Yorko
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Want to see some changes to traffic speeds and patterns along
Saginaw Street? If you do, then it’s time to start speaking up… a little
louder. Strategy meeting scheduled for Monday, January 7, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
at Las Palmas Restaurant, 1909 W. Saginaw.
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Mark your calendars:
Local Food Conversation
on January 12th
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Participate in a lively conversation from 10-noon at Urban Options (405
Grove St. in E. Lansing) on January 12.
More detail here
Also, don't miss the Celebration of Dance, also on the
12th. (see below)
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Mark your calendars:
Regional Ped/Bike-Friendly Conversation
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Join us for an informal chat on the 2nd Mondays, January 14th at 6pm to talk about
regional ped/bike-friendly communities. This month: El Azteco
in E. Lansing.
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Mark your calendars:
Regional Ped/Bike-Friendly Conversation
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Join us for an informal chat on the 2nd Mondays, January 14th at 6pm to talk about
regional ped/bike-friendly communities. This month: El Azteco
in E. Lansing.
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The Fun Doesn't
Stop... when the Temperatures Drop...
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There are a lot of sledding and skiing opportunities at Ingham County
Parks...
click here
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Video of the Week
- Celia Garcia (of
Mama Bear's)
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Healthy School Lunches
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=23406843
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_rph4T9MA4&feature=user
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Calendar
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Ongoing Activities & Resources
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Jan 3 Travel Tips for the Midlife Journey
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Thursdays starting January 3, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Do you find yourself getting lost between the living room and kitchen? Or
do you just forget why you got up in the first place? You are not alone!
"Traveling Companions" will help you make the journey a lot easier. Barb
Dawson co-facilitates this semi-structured women’s group with speakers as
well as open discussion. Held at the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing,
1710 E. Michigan Ave.. Space is limited! Call (517) 372-9163 to enroll. No
Fee.
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Jan 4 Land Use Luncheon Kick-Off
- from Gene Townsend & MidMEAC
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Rep. Paul Opsommer (R-DeWitt) shares insights on the “Urban Co-operation Bill"
and remedying
obstacles to regionalism.
click here
PDF Flier
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Jan 6 Team Playmakers Kick-Off Meeting
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Walkers and runners of all abilities welcome. Train for events from
5K to Marathon. Visit
www.playmakers.com/ for more info.
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Jan 7 Advocate for Street Changes
- from Jessica Yorko
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Want to see some changes to traffic speeds and patterns along
Saginaw Street? If you do, then it’s time to start speaking up… a little
louder. Strategy meeting scheduled for Monday, January 7, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
at Las Palmas Restaurant, 1909 W. Saginaw.
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Jan 12
Sustainable Community Dialogue Series Begins
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Participate in a lively conversation from 10-noon on the 1st (non-holiday)
Saturday of every month.
More detail here
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Jan 12
Celebrate the Culture of Dance
-Nancy Brandon
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Check out the "Culture of Dance" Click for a
poster or brochure
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Jan 14
Informal
Regional Ped/Bike-Friendly Conversation
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Join us for an informal chat on the 2nd Monday at 6pm to talk about
regional ped/bike-friendly communities. This month: El Azteco
in E. Lansing.
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Jan 15
The Main Street
Approach" to Revitalization
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Tuesday, January 15, 2007: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Main Street approach to business district
revitalization: proven techniques for revitalization: Learn from Bob Trezise, Director of the Lansing
Economic Development Corporation, about these techniques that have helped
revitalize business districts across the nation. Note new
meeting location: Sparrow St. Lawrence Campus, Fitzpatrick Room. (Directly
across the hall from the Clark Center.)
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Jan 22 MI Recreation and Park Assoc. Annual
Conference
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PDF Flier
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Jan 31 Focus the Nation
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Read more about this national
"teach in" on Climate Change
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February 1 Land Use
Luncheon Series
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Jeff Padden, President, Public Policy Associates discusses “Successful
Strategies -- Revitalizing Michigan’s Central Cities”
click here
PDF Flier
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February 23 Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Expo
- Nancy Brandon
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Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Expo:
Click here for poster
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March 7 Land Use
Luncheon Series
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Eric Schertzing, Ingham County Treasurer explores “The Ingham County Land
Bank—A Tool for Re-building Cities”
click here
PDF Flier
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Mar 19 CADL Sustainable Living Exhibition
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Capital Area District Library has chosen Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore,
as its countywide read for 2008. Discussions of the book will be
taking place in all14 branches and will be featured in area bookstores.
As a culminating event, a panel of three presenters have been invited to
discuss topics ranging from overview of global warming (Steve Curwood,
author and host of the NPR program Living on Earth); to an idea of what a
community can do ( David Konkle, Energy Coordinator for the City of Ann
Arbor); to a very personal account of living sustainably (author Judith
Levine, Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping).
More here
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April 4 Land Use Luncheon Series
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Dr. John Biernbaum, MSU Professor of Plant and Soil
Science talks about “The Return to Locally Grown, Healthy Food”
click here
PDF Flier
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May 29-30 Save the Dates
-Paul Hamilton
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Save the dates for the 4th
Designing Healthy Livable
Communities Conference
to be held on May 29 & 30. Paul says we'll have some of the
best speaker in the country on the topics of
Public Participation/Consensus Building/Charettes and
Transit Ready Development.
More to come...
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Coalition Member Update
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