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/2010/04/16/big-east-lansing-home-on-elm-street-destroyed-by-fire-according-to-lansing-state-journal/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/16/big-east-lansing-home-on-elm-street-destroyed-by-fire-according-to-lansing-state-journal/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:15:06 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1455 The Lansing State Journal reports that firefighters are still on the scene at 318 Elm St. in East Lansing  where the house was destroyed and  where 11 lived and got out without injury.  Click on the Twitter photo link on the story for more pics.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/10/1116/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/is-your-city-of-lansing-property-assessment-going-down/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/is-your-city-of-lansing-property-assessment-going-down/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:25:23 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=909 Has the assessment on your home in the city of Lansing or the nearby area gone down this year and what about your property taxes?  Up or down? The Lansing State Journal has a good story this morning about what’s happening to assessments and property tax bills under Michigan’s complicated tax laws. It also gives [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/22/is-your-city-of-lansing-property-assessment-going-down/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/03/01/national-association-of-homebuilders-says-lansing-mi-most-affordable-city-in-us/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/03/01/national-association-of-homebuilders-says-lansing-mi-most-affordable-city-in-us/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:59:43 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=139 This is good news about the city of Lansing (MI) and its something worth celebrating among those whom have to count their pennies more closely these days. The National Association of Homebuilders says Lansing is the number one most affordable city in the country with less than 500,000 population. What does this mean? It means [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2009/03/01/national-association-of-homebuilders-says-lansing-mi-most-affordable-city-in-us/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/03/city-of-lansing-mi-getting-more-aggresive-in-tagging-homes-for-code-violations/ http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/03/city-of-lansing-mi-getting-more-aggresive-in-tagging-homes-for-code-violations/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:08 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=30 First kudos to the Lansing State Journal for its story about how the city of Lansing is more aggressive this year in tagging homes for code violations.  Local coverage needs to be affirmed and its needs to be expanded. With more and more homes inside the city becoming vacant because of foreclosure and other financial [...]

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