Old Town - Lansing, MI
Holiday Shopping in Old Town
This article was posted on Wed, Dec 05 2007 | Permalink
Love your holiday shopping experience. Shop in Old Town!
This holiday season, get away from the intense hustle and bustle of the shopping malls and come to Old Town for a cozy shopping experience –shopping the way it should be. All shop owners are friendly, knowledgeable and would love to help you pick out the perfect gift for your loved one, or even for yourself. From skateboards to fine art to pet accessories, you can find it all in Old Town!
Free two-hour parking is available on Turner Street and in the lot on the corner of Turner and Grand River in the heart of Old Town. No matter where you park, you will never be far from your favorite Old Town shops. Most shops also have extended holiday business hours to accommodate your busy holiday schedule.
In addition to shopping, Old Town businesses can help you with all of your design needs - from custom cards to decorating for the holidays to that perfect family portrait. Old Town even has the perfect venue for your holiday party.
You can check out the many specialty shops of Old Town by clicking the business tab on the top of this webpage. You can also call the OTCA at 517.485.4283 for more information on any Old Town business.
IKEA Update
This article was posted on Wed, Dec 05 2007 | Permalink
After announcing Old Town as the winner of the Ikea Main Street Makeover, the 10 recipient businesses have been busy preparing for the transformations. In November, the project manager and Mats, the creative director, both visited Old Town to meet the business owners.
Then, on November 27, Mats introduced each business owner to the designer that will develop the design for their business. The business owners are traveling to the Canton Ikea on November 30 to finalize plans with the designers for the makeovers, scheduled to start January 7, 2008. Camera crews are following all the action. Watch for video updates at http://www.ikea.com/business.
Compassionate Feast-Thank You!
This article was posted on Wed, Dec 05 2007 | Permalink
Compassionate Feast 2007, held on November 19, helped to feed more than 120 families with more than $6,500 in food. Each family had every ingredient they would need to make a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in their own home. Shopping began bright and early at 8 a.m. at West Saginaw Meijer where food was loaded onto a Top Flight Moving & Storage truck and transported to Spiral Video Dance Bar. Volunteers scurried to unload and pack boxes to be picked up or delivered to the families.
The OTCA would like to thank all those who supported, donated or volunteered their time to help make Compassionate Feast a huge success. A special thanks goes out to West Saginaw Meijer, Olympic Broil, the North Cedar Street Biggby Coffee, Great Harvest Bread Company Downtown, Arialink and Top Flight Moving & Storage. Cooley students, Adam Frankel and Randy Coleman are also applauded for their success with “Operation Turkey,” which raised more than $1,700 to cover the cost of the turkeys.
2007-A Year in Review
This article was posted on Wed, Dec 05 2007 | Permalink
2007 has been a very busy year. As a community, Old Town continued to grow and change during the year. In February, we lost Robert Busby, a much -loved member of our Old Town family. But in his spirit, we came together to continue his efforts of revitalizing the neighborhood. Here is a brief recap of the OTCA’s 2007 projects and events. None of these projects would be possible without the help and wonderful support of the Old Town community.
Thank you!
Events:
Anti-Valentines Day Party
Old Town On Ice
Spring Clean-up and Planting
Old Town Art Market
Old Town Farmers Market
Pickin’ in the Park
Festival of the Moon
Festival of the Sun
Old Town Oktoberfest
Compassionate Feast
Wake Up Old Town Meetings
Old Town Dickens Village
Projects:
Banners & Hanging Baskets
Painted 308 E. Grand River
Old Town kiosk in Pruess Pets
New OTCA logo and website
Old Town Monthly Newsletter
City Pulse Old Town Newsletter
Restaurant & Retailer directory
$49K in Façade Matching Grants
Holiday Decorations
Historic Walking Tour Brochure
IKEA Makeover Contest
Other Old Town projects included Old Town Business and Art Development Association’s JazzFest and BluesFest, The Capital Foundation for Arts and Culture’s Colors of Salsa Festival and the rehabilitation of many Old Town buildings including, 319 E. Grand River, 1221 Turner St., the DARD building at 1213 Center St., 1224 Turner St., 1214 Turner St., 120 E. Grand River Ave. and the Harvest Music building.
Old Town welcomed more than 20 new office and retail businesses this year. We also welcomed many new residents moving into the rehabbed buildings with new second story lofts and the second phase of the On the Grand Condos. Old Town is growing each and every day!
In 2008...
look for bigger and better festivals, new events and projects and the IKEA transformations!