http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/12/heres-what-you-can-do-to-help-get-google-to-bring-really-high-speed-internet-to-lansing/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/12/heres-what-you-can-do-to-help-get-google-to-bring-really-high-speed-internet-to-lansing/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:21:05 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1130 PLEASE NOTE: The direct links for the Google project– 1) Google form to nominate Greater Lansing. This is for everybody, individuals and businesses; 2) Greater Lansing website describing the regional effort. What can you do to help get Google build ultra high-speed Internet service in the Lansing area? If you use the net, either as [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/10/follow-lansing-areas-tech-smith-and-their-road-trip-to-sxsw-in-austin/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/17/use-facebook-to-keep-up-with-gms-lansing-regional-manufacturing/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/17/use-facebook-to-keep-up-with-gms-lansing-regional-manufacturing/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:48:28 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=880 We have two of the most modern auto assembly plants in the world right here in Lansing.  How do you stay up with what’s happening at these facilities?  Facebook.  GM’s Lansing Regional Manufacturing has a Facebook Fanpage and you can view it without joining. It has a steady stream of updated information about plant and [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/17/use-facebook-to-keep-up-with-gms-lansing-regional-manufacturing/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/for-your-calendar-lansing-lugnuts-job-fair-on-saturday-feb-27/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/for-your-calendar-lansing-lugnuts-job-fair-on-saturday-feb-27/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:35:24 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=799 Looking for a job?  Then you might be interested in the Lansing Lugnuts Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lansing Center on Saturday, Feb. 27. I found the lead on the Lugnuts Facebook Fan Page which is accessible without having to sign up for a Facebook account.  The page also includes [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/for-your-calendar-lansing-lugnuts-job-fair-on-saturday-feb-27/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/what-about-lansings-new-gm-workers-from-tennessee/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/what-about-lansings-new-gm-workers-from-tennessee/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:59 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=782 There were a few more smiles in the Lansing area than usual when GM announced that almost 500 workers would move from the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee to the new Delta Township plant.  They were brought north to help make the company’s crossover, the Traverse. The Lansing State Journal this morning writes [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/what-about-lansings-new-gm-workers-from-tennessee/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/04/lansing-uaw-leader-brian-fredline-is-optimistic-about-gm-prospects-for-2010/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/04/lansing-uaw-leader-brian-fredline-is-optimistic-about-gm-prospects-for-2010/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:50:46 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=540 General Motors used to dominate the Lansing-area.  It was a fixture in the local economy with assembly plants dotting the geographic corners of the metropolitan-area. What are the prospect for auto jobs as we get into the new year? Brian Fredline, the head of UAW Local 602, feels optimistic about auto jobs in the area [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/04/lansing-uaw-leader-brian-fredline-is-optimistic-about-gm-prospects-for-2010/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/29/heres-a-first-glimpse-of-gms-transplants-from-the-saturn-plant-in-spring-hill-tn/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/29/heres-a-first-glimpse-of-gms-transplants-from-the-saturn-plant-in-spring-hill-tn/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:47:58 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=511 Read on for some good news that’s starting to come Lansing’s way. The first of the now 700 transplants from GM’s assembly plant in Spring Hill, TN are roaming around the area looking for housing and making plans to move their families north.  They are part of the movement of workers to the car company’s [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/21/help-say-yes-to-a-new-biggby-coffeshop-in-logan-square-in-southwest-lansing/feed/ 14 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/17/groundbreaking-for-new-lansing-city-market-at-10-a-m-today-wed/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/17/groundbreaking-for-new-lansing-city-market-at-10-a-m-today-wed/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:02:19 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=280 UPDATED:  11:12 a.m.  Here’s LEPFA’s Twitter report about the event: I got the new via Twitter this morning that the groundbreaking for the Lansing City Market will be at 10 a.m., today, Wednesday, June 17.  Looking outside, it appears that this will happen in the rain. But, nevertheless, it will still be great news after [...]

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