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  • June-July 2010: World Day in Hunter Park; Eastside Living; IHP; Hunter Park GardenHouse; Allen Street Farmers Market; Free Lead Testing at the ASFM; Breast Health; YSC Offers Custom Raised Beds; Lansing Urbandale Farm.
  • April-May 2010: Allen Street Farmers Market Returns; World Day in Hunter Park; H1N1 Vaccination Clinics; Weatherization Enrollment Sessions; IHP Update; 2010 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure; CSAs and GardenHouse April-May workshops; Urbandale Farm; Volunteer opportunities at the ASFM; and Garden-in-a-Box.
  • February-March 2010: Two Free Workshops for Homeowners; New Flood Plain Maps, Tax Preperation Assistance; A Busy Gardening Season!; Census Jobs; Health Coverage and Healthy Homes; Breast Health Club; Gardening Classes, Workshops, Books, and Films; Garden-in-a-Box; and Lansing Urban Farm.
  • December 2009-January 2010: Eastside Food Forum; ASFM Winter Markets in the GardenHouse; ANC Receives Komen Grant; Health Coverage; GardenHouse workshops; Weatherization Days; and GardenHouse Book Club.
  • October-November 2009: New Format, Eastside Community Police Officer, Rolling Out the Red Carpet, The Best Neighbors are the Ones You Pick, LCC’s Environmental, Design, & Building Technologies Department, New Faces at ANC, Help for Children with Asthma, GardenHouse, Community Soup, Weatherization, Community Happenings.
  • August-September 2009: Saving money and energy, Craftsman Style Premiere on Sept. 18, Complete Streets ordinance, Gov. Granholm recognizes ANC volunteer, CAHS pet fair, Eastside Jubilee, Center for Community and Economic Development, Back-to-School Vaccinations, Power of 9 events, Community Soup, building a backyard greenhouse
  • May-June-July 2009: ANC’s tenth anniversary, lots more
  • March-April 2009
  • January-February 2009: New businesses and new locations on Michigan Avenue, Energy and Environment Forum, 10th anniversary celebration, Meet Your Commissioner, WCGL events, overlay district for Michigan Avenue, spring planning for the GardenHouse, Peace Jam guest column, winter foods, Community Soup, exercise, second Urban Gardener certification class.
  • November-December 2008: Election Day, CATA millage, Land Use Luncheons, HERO tool truck and classes, housing on the Eastside: background and recommendations, housing forum, energy-efficient homes, pumpkin cream cheese spread, sauerkraut salad with parsley potatoes, GardenHouse updates for winter.
  • September-October 2008: Announcing new job openings, child health and voter registration event at ANC, East Kalamazoo St. master planning, welcome to LaFarra Hemphill and Lance Wimberly, Capital Gains, recycling events, the Michigan Avenue Corridor Improvement Authority, Love and Logic parenting classes, Urban Gardener Certification classes, apple whipped sweet potatoes, apple smiles, new Gardenhouse hours, welcome to Kelsey Hakeem and sweet green tomato pie.
  • July-August 2008: From this issue forward, the Eastside Neighbor newsletter will be a bi-monthly publication. Welcoming MSU’s Center for Community and Economic Development to their new Eastside Office, Saturday in the Park, goodbye and thank you to Franny Howes and Leslie Retzlaff, VISTAs who are ending their terms, welcome to Tom Curtis and Tamika Baldwin, master planning for Pennsylvania Avenue, summer Parades, “Ways to Beat the Heat: A Summer Swimming Guide”, Farmer’s Market schedule, spinach and cheese curd dip, and more Eastside events.
  • June 2008:: Save the Date: Saturday in the Park is July 26th; volunteer receptionists needed, Saginaw and Oakland corridor master planning, goodbye and thank-you to Kevin Madison, Hunter Park GardenHouse Grand Opening pictures, Pet Fair at ANC, Lansing Community Dream walk, bike helmets, Race for the Cure, Garden-in-a-Box, Leslie’s cancer-fighting salsa, plus a calendar! Who could ask for more (in the space of eight pages…)
  • May 2008: Announcing the Hunter Park GardenHouse Grand Opening on May 10th, and the ANC Farmers Market season beginning on May 21st! This issue includes a call for volunteers and interns to join the Outreach, Engagement, and Communications team, as well as an article about the Youth Service Corps’ new Garden in a Box initiative. Also featured: a guest article about fostering refugee youth by Anna Campbell of Lutheran Social Services, Be a Tourist in Your Own Town, an article about buying a home on the Eastside, seasonal air pollution, Farmers Market yard sign corps information, and updates from many neighborhood groups.The complete version of the article by Andrea King Collier that we excerpt in this issue is available on our website by clicking here.
  • April 2008: The Campaign for ANC, New Business Group on Michigan Avenue, Litter on the Eastside–Pick it Up!, “Are You a LitterShrug?”, Earth Day, recycling, “Complete Streets: A Must for Lansing”, ENO forum on Saginaw/Oakland, New Monday Walking Group, GardenHouse update, Race for the Cure, and more…
  • March 2008:“Charting our Future: The City’s New Master Plan”, Single Family Rehabilitation Loan grants, goodbyes to Ann and Kate, and hello to Jen, Corridor Improvement Authority, Habitat for Humanity seeking applicants, Eastside Community Action Center updates, high flood risks this spring in Lanisng, flood preparedness, Hunter Park GardenHouse update, get Funergized with the YMCA of Lansing, Farmers market pre-season events, guest recipe from Miko Fossum, Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, and more…
  • February 2008:I Heart My Neighborhood Fair, Hunter Park GardenHouse finally ready for growing, Walking in Hunter Park, Self-Defense workshop, Youth Service Corps update, Garden Project news, WHIP: Women’s Home Improvement Project, Helping Animals in Winter, Tax Preparation Assistance, Pork-N-Bean Cake, Breast Health Luncheon, Eastside Moms’ Group, and more…
  • December 2007-January 2008: Facade Improvement Grant and economic development feature, upcoming self defense class, Mayor’s Grants announcement, IHP Plan A reopens, Potter Park Zoo Christmas events, CATA Clean Commute, fire safety tips, Eastside Moms’ Group, cancer-fighting foods, and a double calendar.
  • November 2007: Free workshop on home purchase and rehab assistance, Cirque de Soleil at ANC, VISTA job opening, Senior Coffee’s Turner Dodge adventure, Foster Community Center board seeks members, Silver Bells in the City, Home Maintenance classes, Eastside entertainment listings, “Carving Out Good Health With Pumpkins”, Eastside Moms’ Group premiere, and more!
  • October 2007: Unity in the Community (Take Back the Neighborhood March), CFL Light Bulbs, YSC update, Neighborhood Group Renaissance, Smart about Money workshop, Safety tips from ANC, Celebration of Survivorship, and more!
  • September 2007: Lansing Tech Center, Hunter Park: A Place for All of Us, Sparrow West Wing project completion, polling location changes, Lansing Localvore Challenge, Toddlers are Terrific, and more..
  • July/August 2007: Neighborhoods organize junk clean-up, facade improvement grant results, TRIAD Senior Prom, Hunter Park 31 Club, GardenHouse update, Elizabeth Park floodplain garden installation, and more…
  • June 2007: Lansing Community Dream Project, Saturday in the Park pictures, a report on the new “Your Neighbors” community group and their neighborhood improvement work, rain garden and flood pople raising info, a new walking map of the neighborhood, and lots of pictures this time.
  • May 2007: Saturday in the Park on May 12, Opening Day of the Farmers Market on May 16, Elizabeth Park Clean-up on June 2, welcome to new youth coordinator Don Moore, Neogen ribbon cutting, Hawk-I-Tri, Free Comic Book Day, Foreclosure and Subprime Lending, Disaster Alert Program, Ultimate Frisbee at Hunter Park, Bike Helmet Facts, and more!
  • April 2007: 211, call for volunteers for farmers market and new youth service corps members, VISTA positions open at ANC, goodbye to Rosa, rain gardens, CERT training, disaster alert program, race for the cure
  • March 2007: Safe Routes to School, Predatory lending, spotlight on Foster Center, NEAT (New Housing Code), Plan First birth control assistance program
  • February 2007: Pattengill grand opening, EITC and tax assistance, Calvary Fellowship Food Pantry, Spotlight on Kinship Care, Corridor Improvement Authority, Power of We grant, Breast Health
  • December 2006/January 2007: Business Resource Information Clinic, ENO Holiday Party, job opening for an administrative assistant at ANC, GardenHouse Update, Senior Coffee FAQ, new leaders for FAIR Neighbors and Hunter Park West, spotlight on Lansing Catholic High School, info on ANC’s housing resources, coping with holiday stress, important City of Lansing phone numbers, keeping holiday gifts safe, winter walking tips, healing food highlight: cranberries, and more inside…
  • November 2006: Featured in this issue: the local controversy over the development of the Speedway on Michigan Avenue, a guest editorial by Rick Kibbey on the upcoming zoo millage ballot proposal, spotlight on Eastside banks, news from our housing advocate, Neighborhood Watch info, fun free activities in the area, and more!
  • October 2006: Thank you to everyone who made Junk Day a success. This issue, members of the Youth Service Corps (O’Tia Jenkins and Thomas “TJ” Fentress) report back on their experience at the International PeaceJam conference in Denver. We also have pictures of everyone working hard to clean up Urbandale on Junk Day. Further into this issue, we feature a bilingual article about English as a Second Language resources in the area in both English and Spanish, our Bike Jam program, the upcoming composting workshop at Hunter Park, news from Bingham, Pattengill, Fairview, and Eastern High School, neighborhood meetings, and our smoke-free home pumpkin giveaway.
  • September 2006: Hunter Park Music Fest a Success! Also in this issue: Volunteer Request, Hunter Park Work Day, Capitol City Collectibles, Fenner Nature Center, Job Opening in Housing at ANC, recycling resources, Do 1 Thing…Communication, Eastside Commercial Facade Improvement Grants, free lead testing at the Market, cherry health information, and more…
  • August 2006: We have changed our name to The Eastside Neighbor! Also in this issue: the Hunter Park Story, thank yous for everyone who helped with the Home and Community Tour, YSC member of the month: Calvin Stewart, a feature on the Work of Christ Community, Shopping Locally, farewell to outgoing VISTAs Amee and Dan and welcome to new VISTAs Julia, Sanjay, Jen, and Franny, announcing the Capital Area Community Media Center workshops, new local educational options, the People’s Park Hour, and more!
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  • December 2005 / January 2006 (410 KB): good news for Resurrection, World AIDS Day 2005, 2006 Home Improvement Workshop series, Neogen and Allen St. School, AIDS Awareness event on Dec. 6, Eastside Home Tour film on Jan. 7, 2006 Tour on June 17, Halloween / Christmas decorating contest for PLACE, Holiday Cookie Exchange for Prospect, CAUW Conversations, business spotlight: Dancing Crane Gallery, holiday shopping on Michigan Ave., avoiding predatory lending, cosmetics and cancer, green tea, childproofing
  • November 2005 (257 KB): Resurrection School fundraisers, new Pattengill construction, Cool City update, Time of Giving, remembering Mrs. Demps, flu shots, business spotlight: Neogen and Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Access to Assets, Food and Nutrition Program Helpline, handy phone numbers, recycle checklist, breast health vs. breast cancer, health disparities, garlic, doctors and IHP, Thinking about Quitting workshop
  • October 2005 (353 KB) : Welcome Packets, Halloween house-decorating contest, Harvest Festival, call for volunteers, new staff at ANC, Community Dream project, Lansing Catholic Central homecoming, Habitat for Humanity, resource list for assistance and fun, Smokers: Take it Outside, pumpkin giveaway, spotlight on broccoli, marriage and parenting program
  • September 2005 (325 KB): Construction on the Eastside, Chess Knights moving, Music Fest a success, YSC lawn mowing, Food Team dot survey, Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Sparrow Hospital partnerships, Home Ownership Assistance, new internship and entrepreneur websites, Hunter Park progress, Infant Mortality statistics and mini-summit, walnuts, Medicare changes
  • August 2005 (491 KB): “Cool” Changes Coming to Hunter Park, Job Opening at ANC, Back to School Events, YSC Member of the Month: TJ Fentress, YSC going to see Desmond Tutu, Home Tour Wrap-up, Rosa Continues at ANC, Goodbye Sarah, Food Chatter: What’s Coming at the Farmer’s Market, Welcome Daniel, Patricia, and Sarah, Eastside Principals, Cooling Centers, Human Services Hotline, Featured Business: Bancroft Flowers RL Design, Natural Healing Alternatives, Healing Foods Highlight: Tomatoes, IHP Plan A: Open for Enrollment, Bike Safety Information and Helment Giveaway, Ready to Quit Tobacco?
  • July 2005 (670 KB): Hunter Park Music Fest, 4th of July Celebration, Park Millage, Goodbye Hollie, Welcome Corie, July Farmer’s Market events, YSC Member of the Month: Thomas Cauther, YSC Peace Jam Blowout, 2005 Mayor’s Race, Know Your Council Rep: Harold Leeman, Preventing Foreclosure, List of Neighborhood Presidents, A Great Start for Baby, Healing Foods Highlight: Blueberries, Don’t Let Salmonella Spoil Your Dinner.
  • June 2005 (674 KB): Season Opening Festival, There’s No Place Like the Home Buyer’s Workshop, Home and Community Tour is Here, Home Improvement Online, Volunteers Needed, YSC Member of the Month: O’Tia Jenkins, YSC going to Detroit, ANC Youth Garden, A Place So Foreign: The Refugee Experience in Lansing, Summer Camps, Community Resources, Enjoy Summer Safely, Family Growth Center, Eastside Urbandale Health and Safety Fair, Walking Club is Back, Attention Ingham Health Plan Users.
  • May 2005 (757 KB): Farmers Market Returns, Home Tour Update: Volunteers Needed!, LINK Up With A House, YSC at Peace Jam, ANC Wins RED Team Award, Goodbye to Bri, Tammy, John, Brett, and Imelda, YSC Member of the Month: Chad Watts, Volunteer for the Food Team, Farmer Bio’s, Renter’s Insurance, Flood Insurance, “The Day I Quit Smoking,” Healing Food Highlight: Flax Seed.
  • April 2005 (1.25 MB): Farmers Market planning meeting, Spring Clean-up, ENO Souper, “Creating Livable Space” workshop, Komen Race for the Cure, Hunter Park Clean-up, Eastside Education Forum, Home Tour on the Horizon, VISTA Openings, Congratulations to Rosa Robinson, Food Task Force, YSC Member of the Month: LaToya Carouthers, Peace Jam Conference, Friends of Hunter Park, Kinship Care group, Healing Food Highlight: Banana, Quit Tobacco, Exercise at Foster Community Center.
  • March 2005 (1.11 MB): School Board Votes to Close Allen, “Neighborhood as a Learning Place”: Education Talk March 5, “Aging in Place” Re-scheduled, YSC Member of the Month: Nicole Spitzley, YSC attending Peace Jam Conference in April, Breadbasket volunteers needed, Friends of Hunter Park spring clean-up and summer music festival, Eastside Schools and Hangouts: Easter High School, Café Cafetzin, and Magdalena’s Tea House, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Earned Income Tax Credit, Community Builder’s List of Handy Numbers, Recycling Resources, Meal Patterning for Breast Health, Help paying for your prescriptions, Quit Tobacco Support Group.
  • February 2005 (544 KB): “Water, Water Everywhere” home improvement workshop, Eastside Coalition for a Closer Look addresses proposed closing of Allen Elementary, “Aging in Place” workshop, LECDC fundraiser, Winter Food Event at Bingham, YSC Member of the Month: Malcolm Carouthers, parent aide volunteers, ANC Food Task Force, Hunter Park Winter Event, Eastside Schools: profiles of Allen, Bingham and Fairview, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Earned Income Tax Credit, local resources on HIV/AIDS, Winter Outreach by the health team, information and referral helpline
  • December 2004 / January 2005 (825 KB): Request for support, holiday assistance programs, Parent Aide program from CAPS, Farmer’s Market and Harvest Festival thanks, Kinship Care Support Group, Neighborhoods in Bloom, Michigan Ave Project, international cuisine, LINKS to Homeownership, Home Improvement Workshops, Rebuilding Together, healthy holiday traditions, mental health crisis help, Quit Tobacco support group.
  • November 2004 (484 KB): New website (you’re looking at it), election day reminder, first meeting of Friends of Hunter Park, Time of Giving fundraiser, Food Project Steering Committee and plans for 2005, information and referral hotline, BTS project interviews with Rick Kibbey, Doris Witherspoon, and Bren Buckley, computer resources on the Eastside inc. CADL computer classes, benefits of breastfeeding and how to do it
  • October 2004 (1.1 MB): Farmer’s Market, Fall Festival, Candidate’s Night, rental moratorium proposal, Friday Breadbasket programs, Food Project t-shirts, Michigan Avenue Project discussions, PLACE Neighborhood, interview with Joe Marutiak, dealing with problem rentals, taking care of kids, handling anger, Caregivers Group
  • September 2004 (507 KB): rental housing policy and lessons from East Lansing, Eastside Forum, Envision Urbandale images, ANC Farmer’s Market, register to vote, new board members, Eastside Neighborhood Organization history, interview with Nancy Parsons and Rick Kibbey, individual development accounts, strategies for saving, leaving children home alone after school, Health Task Force Luncheon
  • August 2004 (514 KB): Michigan Avenue survey results, next Eastside Forum, reducing lead exposure in drinking water, kale and potato soup recipe, thanks to all our volunteers, rental resources: finding the perfect rental for you, the power to change, what’s in season, ragweed, health mentoring, adult immunizations.
  • July 2004 (658 KB): Volunteer appreciation picnic at Hawk Island park, forum on rental policy, youth garden group on Wednesdays, YSC officers, Health Task Force Luncheon, finding success as a landlord, interview with Dave Muylle, Envision Urbandale, rental rehabilitation program, how to beat the heat, what’s in season, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, breast self-exam club, smoke-free home honor roll, health outreach.
  • June 2004 (964 KB): Eastside Home Tour: Eastside on Display, youth gardening, code compliance, interview with Eleanor Love, Envision Urbandale, researching your home’s history, energy improvements in your home, agriculture in Michigan, new ANC Farmer’s Market, thanks to Dr. Janet Osuch.
  • May 2004 (770 KB): Pattengill design presentation including conceptual drawing, VISTA openings announced, Food Chatter, Eastfield’s gardens and gazebo photo, interview with Dolores Wood, Eastside Home Tour details, Envision Urbandale update, Exercise: The Wonder Drug, Brushing Up Your Health (includes list of free/low-cost dental clinics), breast health perspectives.
  • April 2004 (1.1 MB): Urbandale Design Project, Hunter Park update with drawings, Six Steps Toward Spring (Food Chatter), bilingual lunch update, YSC spring cleaning at Potter Park Zoo, more on Urbandale Design Project, timeline of floods on the Eastside, Picture Perfect Porches workshop, Eastside Home Tour announced, Quit Tobacco, making healthy changes, Dr. Janet Osuch presentation, IHP guidelines.
  • March 2004 (753 KB): CSO sewer work schedule, ENO Souper, Hunter Park update, Food Chatter, health team accolades, outreach in other languages, Michigan Avenue Project, FAIR Neighbors, interview with Ruth Leyrer and Missy Austin, Basements: Keeping Them Dry workshop, Community Builder’s Toolbox available, first Envision Urbandale meeting, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, ANC health programs.
  • February 2004 (973 KB): School bond opinion by Rick Kibbey, bilingual lunch, Food Chatter, Hunter Park update, happenings on Michigan Avenue, Hunter Park West interview with Karan Anderson and Glen Fink, Old Homes and Michigan Winters workshop, Neighborhood Design Initiative, handy phone numbers, asthma, AsthmaBusters.
  • December 2003 / January 2004 (700 KB): Hunter Park Master Plan Update, A Systematic Approach to Home Improvements workshop, Critter Corner pet tips, Shepard Street United neighbors, interview with Rick Kibbey and Kimball Cartwright, home improvement workshop series, floodplain update, Give Yourself a Gift of Health, making resolutions.
  • November 2003 (1.2 MB): Walk for a Smoke-Free Neighborhood, flu prevention clinic, photos of ANC Health Team and completed YSC mural, BTS groundbreaking announced, Prospect Protectors photos, interview with Nellie Churchill and Corie Jason, new vacant housing ordinance, City of Lansing housing specialist, “What Makes a Neighborhood Leader?”, list of handy phone numbers, indoor air quality, Bam! (www.bam.gov)
  • October 2003 (638 KB): School bond election, breakdown of bond expenditures, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, Building Neighborhood Connections booklet, interview with John Schweitzer, new housing projects, domestic violence, sweet potato fries recipe.