Senior Life

A special committee will consider how to better utilize and market the Hannah Community Center, a facility currently costing over a million dollars a year to operate. Noa Kuszai and Alice Dreger report.

When the decision was made to repurpose the Bailey Community Center to provide senior housing, many community members breathed a sigh of relief. The project hasn't quite worked out as all had hoped. ELi's Alice Dreger brings a special report.

During the month of December, ELi is highlighting the needs of several non-profit organizations that are either based in, or serve the residents of, East Lansing.

Developers of the Center City District project, under construction downtown, are now actively seeking people aged 55 and up who are interested in renting apartments on the project’s north side. What will they cost, and how large will they be?

Two members of City Council have effectively decided not to allow the sale of medical marijuana in East Lansing. A local lawyer may try to enable voters to override that decision. ELi's Dan Totzkay reports.

East Lansing government regularly experiences vacancies on volunteer City boards and commissions. ELi's Jessy Gregg explains an array of the City's volunteer boards and commissions, and tells you how to apply.

A mailer is urging retirees to “Give yourself a (tax) break!” by voting yes on an income tax for East Lansing. Say what? ELi explains.

MSU is in the early stages of planning a multi-generational housing project that would provide living space for employees, senior citizens, and families with children. The area is in the ELPS district. Tom Oswald reports for ELi.

The Prime Time Seniors Program will be hosting its biennial rummage sale next week. Area residents can participate by donating and by purchasing items. ELi's Jessy Gregg has the details.

There was standing room only in the Glencairn Elementary School gym during Glencairn’s first Special Person’s Day. ELi's Jessy Gregg brings you the story with photos.

Places are still available in a series of focus groups run by the City of East Lansing as it works on meeting the standards to receive an "Age-Friendly" designation from the AARP. Christopher Wardell has the story.

The Hannah Community Center is on the list of possible budget cuts for Council's consideration. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports on the history of the center, what it provides and costs, and what closing it would mean.

While East Lansing’s new Comprehensive Plan has been years in the making, it looks like it may move through the final stages of approval relatively quickly in early 2018.

Sell the Hannah Community Center, parking system, and soccer fields? De-fund social services for seniors and persons with disabilities? Ask the voters for a property tax increase? Council has started talking about what to do, now that the income tax proposal has failed.

East Lansing and mid-Michigan residents can get a glimpse at the newly adapted, and historically preserved Liberty Hyde Bailey Center when the partners behind the project cut the ribbon and host an open house on Thursday, Nov. 2.