We’re going to make Averill Woods Neighborhood Association T-shirts and sweatshirts available for sale.
We’re hoping everyone in the family will want to order one and help spread the word about this fabulous neighborhood! Here’s your chance to wear your neighborhood pride on your sleeve!
But we need some creative minds to help us design a recognizable “Averill Woods” t-shirt .
PRIZE: The creator of the winning design(s) will receive a free Averill Woods T-shirt based on their design(s).
CATEGORIES: You can enter in two categories:
(1) Catch phrase - Create a short statement or catch phrase that can be lettered on the back of the shirt and embodies the positive spirit of our neighborhood. This can be submitted as a text file or imbedded in email.
(2) Graphic - Create a graphic image with or without a catch phrase that embodies the positive spirit of our neighborhood. You can specify colors or black and white. This should be submitted as a .jpg or .png file. Keep reading →
UPDATE: There will be a light meal served at 5:30 pm with the regular meeting starting at 6 pm.
If you live in Lansing’s (MI) southwest side Averill Woods neighborhood, then you’re invited to and needed at the next meeting of its neighborhood association which will be held at 6 pm, Thursday, July 23 at Trinity AME Church, 3500 W Holmes Rd.
The meeting is particularly important in the aftermath of a shooting at the Averill School playground and a shooting murder in the school’s neighborhood.
The association has been successful in drawing together neighborhood residents and other stakeholders including the Lansing Police Department and the Lansing School District to take proactive measures to improve the school’s safety footprint that involves an adjacent woods, as well as the playground.
As I get more details, I will share them here.
Important meeting: Averill Woods Neighborhood Association at Thursday, June 23
In this video, Lansing (MI) Council-member A’Lynne Robinson talks about neighborhood fireworks with her southside constituents at her monthly Second-Saturday meeting. She shared information about the city’s fireworks ordinance, the Lansing Police Department’s enforcement of it during this July 4th holiday and the number of complaints the city police received.
PLEASE NOTE: I will also publish a post later today or tomorrow about the discussion on how to deal with the growing number of complaints about illegal fireworks being set-off inside the city limits.
Starting at 10 a.m., this morning, Saturday, July 11, Lansing’s southside City Council-member A’Lynne Robinson will meet with residents for her monthly Second Saturday meeting.
A main item on the agenda will be a review of the city’s fireworks ordinance. This follows the July 4 holiday and citizen complaints about police response to fireworks usage in the neighborhoods.
She has other items of neighborhood concern on the agenda.
The meeting takes place in the meeting room at the Lansing Fire Department’s Station #6 on the corner of Jolly and Pleasant Grove.
In response to two shootings in the past month in the Averill Woods neighborhood on Lansing’s southwest side, a real-time Twitter group has been started for residents and appropriate city officials.
It’s an effective way for neighbors to get and give information relating to police and safety issues.
After signing up for a free Twitter account and after choosing to follow the Averillwoods group, then residents can get and send information from either their computer or their smartphone. As this neighborhood-driven project gets started, there will be neighborhood-driven tutorials answering questions.
Here are the first two steps: 1) go to www.twitter.com and sign-up for a free account. 2) Then go to www.twitter.com/averillwoods and look beneath the picture on the top left of an LPD officer and click Follow.
Come back to this site soon for more specific instructions.
Here's the Averill Woods Neighborhood Association Twitter page.
In the wake of two recent shootings in the Averill Woods neighborhood on Lansing’s southwest side, Melissa Quon-Huber provides a checklist of suggestions for residents to stay safe:
Report suspicious activities or properties
If an emergency – call 9-1-1
If not an emergency call 483-4600 and also leave a message for our community police officer, Jason Bock at 272-7488 ext 9530
If police arrive on your block to investigate a situation like this…
Stay inside
Turn on your exterior lights if it is dark
Stay alert
Check to make sure your street lights are working and are not blocked by trees. For repairs and tree trimming around your street lights contact the follow individuals:
Street light repair – Call Board of Water & Light at 702-6006
Tree trimming around street lights where no utilities are present – Call Paul Dykema at City of Lansing at 483-4277
Tree trimming around street lights where utilities ARE present – Call Board of Water and Light at 702-6006
Know your neighors
Contact Melissa if you want to start a neighborhood watch on your street (394-3996 or hubermel@msu.edu
Keep an eye out for each other, know what isn’t “normal” activity
Averill Woods Neighborhood Association President Melissa Quon Huber spokes with Lansing’s South Precinct Captain Teresa Szymanski today about the incident and shares these notes:
“Capt. Szymanski called early this morning. I missed the call but she updated me this afternoon. This is an open investigation so only basic information can be shared at this point.” From the conversation, she shares:
LPD was dispatched to Malibu & Rayborn to investigate possible gunshots. No victim was found.
However, a description of a suspicous vehicle was provided to officers.
An observant officer attempted to pull over a vehicle matching this description near MLK and Moores River but occupants of the car fled on foot.
One occupant was arrested at Moores River (in the presence of the Mayor attending a neighborhood meeting).
Another occupant was arrested early this morning at a South Lansing apartment complex.
The remaining occupant has been identified but is not yet in custody.
In the midst of this a fatality was reported at Frances Park, later determined to be connected to this case.
It has yet to be determined if this is connected to the previous shooting on Continental.
Are you looking for details about the shooting and murder last night in the Averill Woods neighborhood on Lansing’s southwest side? Here are links to local media stories providing details as reported in their stories:
A more detailed description of the shooting inside a car on Rayborn Street and then what happened after with one suspect leaving the car on foot and then the car speeding away, with the victim being found in Frances Park and a suspect being caught in Moores Park. And then the second suspect was arrested early this morning in a Waverly Road Apartment Complex as reported by the Lansing State Journal’s online edition.
A further description of where the shooting took place, at Rayborn and Malibu Streets and other basic details from Lansing’s WILX news.
I have posted six video clips of Thursday’s Averill Woods Neighborhood Association meeting about last Sunday’s shooting at Averill School’s playground. The videos are posted on my personal blog with a link here. Start with the post numbered “7″ in the headline and scroll down to the other six posts.
You are invited to leave comments and questions after each post.
The Averill Woods Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, June 25 to discuss last Sunday night’s shooting at or near Averill School where a fight between two young men resulted in one receiving a non-fatal shot to the face.
Representatives from the Lansing Police Department, Lansing Parks and Recreation, Lansing Public School District along with local officials have been invited to the meeting. These include Mayor Virg Bernero, third ward Council-member A’Lynne Robinson and Lansing Schools Deputy Superintendent Jim Davis have been invited.
The basketball courts and playground behind the school has been an area of neighborhood concern especially after a shooting last summer and the shooting this past Sunday.
All neighborhood residents are invited to attend. Entrance to the meeting which will be held in the school library will be at the back of the school.
Here’s your chance to wear your neighborhood pride on your sleeve!
