Long time in the making, but after voters approved the city to sale off the old Waverly Hills Golf Course and Michigan Avenue Park in Lansing Township in 2012, it looks like the City of Lansing will finally be able to unload it. The city drew up a purchased agreement with Grand Rapids-based Northern Capital Investments on October 13 which includes the city selling the 121-acre site for $2.2 million, with all the proceeds being put back into the city's parks budget. The next step is for the city council to set a public hearing before the end of the year. There is no word on what this company has planned for the site.
The course and park were developed by the city in the 40's in the western end of the western portion of the township. It lies along Waverly Road between Saginaw and Michigan, and is basically the only parcel of its kind in the urban area (the large factory sites will require tons of remediation). Lansing had a deal to sell it in 2014, but the township blocked the sell claiming that they were wanting to work through overhauling their zoning code. This time, however, the township seems excited to get this going. Hopefully, they keep part of it parkland.
Also, tonight, the city council voted to change the name of Grand River Avenue from Oakland to Pine to César E. Chávez Avenue. This was to right what the city council saw as a wrong when the city changed Grand Avenue to César E. Chávez Avenue in 1994 before it was overturned by voters the next year. The street goes through the heart of Lansing's Mexican American community and historic Old Town.
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This is how the signs currently appear. The change will be moving Cesar Chavez to the standard/legal green signs and placing Grand River as an "honorary" or "historic" placemarker beneath. The change will occur on News Years Day.