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From 1922 to 1926, Lansing's airport was Creyts Field, located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the current airport. The 80 acres (32 ha) field was operated by Chamber of commerce Secretary Charley Davis. In 1925, Lt Harry Warner arrived in Lansing to help Davis and others select the current site for Capital City Airport. [9]
Cawthorne was also the manager of the Mackinac Island Chamber of Commerce, the founder and owner of the Village Inn, and has organized the Mackinac Island Steak and Suds Society receptions in Lansing. [6]
[5] [6] She has also served as the vice president of Waverly Community Schools Board of Education, and has spent time as a member of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Economic Club committee, McLaren Greater Lansing Foundation Board of Directors, and the Wharton Center for Performing Arts Advisory Council. [4]
The Lansing–East Lansing Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area located in Central Michigan defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and encompassing the counties of Eaton, Clinton, and Ingham. The region is colloquially referred to as "Mid" or Central Michigan, and less
Howard J. Stoddard, founder, Michigan National Bank (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1980). Death Notice for Jennie Creer Stoddard on February 16th, 2000 ^ "Lansing Chamber of Commerce listing of past award recipients" .
By the 1870s, North Lansing was thriving. Franklin Street, now Grand River Avenue, was the "main street" of the commercial district, sporting banks, shops, groceries, churches, mills, a passenger and freight railroad station, manufacturing, and a sturdy middle class to support the commerce.
The Union Depot at Michigan Avenue, just blocks from the state Capitol, survives and was Clara's Lansing Station restaurant until the restaurant closed in 2016. [10] The Williamston Depot was moved a half mile to Grand River Avenue in 1979, where it now houses a museum and the city Chamber of Commerce. [11]
Downtown Lansing is the central business district of Lansing, the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan.Located in the west-central part of the city along the banks of the Grand River, downtown Lansing is the primary home of the state's government and three colleges, and also contains sports facilities, museums, entertainment and retail, and a growing residential population.