Water has been gushing from a water valve on Dunlap Street at the corner with South Deerfield Ave. for more than 12 hours.
It’s a significant and steady flow of water down the street. A neighbor’s call to the Board of Water and Light resulted in workers putting an orange cone over the gushing water.
During a time of extra sensitivity to dwindling resources, city officials need to know and fix this leak which could get worse. The water loss has to be significant and the labor needed to fix it could increase as the problem is allowed to linger.
When Murdock Jemerson, an Averill Woods neighborhood resident and director of the Lansing Parks and Recreation department said the thank-yous yesterday for the Averill Woods clean-up, he had a long list. But, right at the top, were the 80 MSU students who made it possible with their enthusiasm and hard work.
The students came out on a Saturday morning not for school credit, but they came to make a difference in a neighborhood and they did.
Watch him and listen as he talks about the importance of what the students and others did for our southside Lansing neighborhood.
Averill School teacher Ann Wesley has taught at the school for 17 years and depends on the next door Averill Woods as a place to teach her students about a variety of subjects. She participated in today’s clean-up of the three acre woods completed by more than 100 MSU students and neighborhood residents. Here Mrs. Wesley explains in this video what the clean-up means to her and to the school.
While Averill Woods was getting its fall cleaning, several MSU students painted some of the doors at Averill School. The weather was perfect for a quick paint job to the well-used doors before winter sets-in. Here’s a video glimpse of the student painters.
MSU students and Averill Woods neighbors ate lunch in the Averill School gymnasium that was prepared under the leadership of the Averill Woods Neighborhood Association. It was a hearty lunch of sloppy joes, veggies, fruit, chips and chicken wings. Work on the Averill Woods clean-up continued after lunch.
Here’s a video showing the large number of students and others.
In this video, Lansing (MI) Parks and Recreation Director Murdock Jimmerson, an Averill Woods resident, talks about today’s clean-up of the three acre Averill Woods. More than 100 MSU students and Averill Woods neighbors worked today to spruce up the city’s park which will serve as a green destination for families and Averill School students.
It’s mid-afternoon on Saturday, Nov. 14, the day of the big Averill Woods Neighborhood Association clean-up project of the Averill Woods. More than 100 MSU students and Averill Woods neighbors are completing their work right now to make the three acre wooded area more usuable to this southwest Lansing (MI) community.
The East Lansing students formed a human railroad of wheel barrows to haul wood chips and then spread them on newly-revitalized paths. The group also trimmed brush, moved logs and improved drainage in what is sure to be a recreational destination for families in the neighborhood.
Check out this video and watch for more as they are upload during the next couple of days.
The big Averill Woods clean-up is this Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s happening in the three acre woods just north of Averill School on Lansing’s southwest side.
More than 100 Michigan State University (MSU) students and Averill Woods neighbors are joining together to clear-out the woods which has the potential to be a recreational destination for individuals and families looking a forested space. It will also serve as a teaching tool for Averill School.
The goal is to more clearly define paths and then cover them with wood chips and to cutback unwanted growth of invasive plants.
Planning has been going on for several weeks to assemble tools, feed the students and organizing of the to-do list for the clean-up.
You’re invited to stop by or honk if you’re driving down Averill past the school.
Averill Woods on Lansing’s southwest side actually has three acres of forest next to an elementary school and a city playground. And 300 neighbors and MSU students are teaming up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14 to make it more usable to individuals, families and schoolkids.
It’s a giant-sized effort with the Averill Woods Neighborhood Association quarterbacking the event where the forest will be trimmed up, paths cleaned and filled with wood chips and generally prettied up to showcase its beauty for city residents.
This space will contain information for participants, neighbors and others who are interested in this special project.
These are short video clips of Averill Woods to help participants and interested parties.
The Grand Opening for the Southside Community Center is from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29. It’s located at the old Hill Vocational Center on the city of Lansing’s (MI) southwest side.
A mailing from the city and from the Lansing School District states that the event will be a celebration with bands, performances, tours, open swim and refreshment and that everybody is welcome.
In a note on the mailer, Mayor Virg Bernero says, “This historic occasion marks the first community center toopen in Lansing in 25 years–and will be the first on the southside.”
The new center features a game room, swimming pool, gymnasium, an auditorium for performances and meeting room.
The opening has been much anticipated. If you go to the Grand Opening or some other events at the center, leave a comment. Has it been worth the wait? Do you see yourself or your family making use of it?
