Here is a schedule of events for June:

Monthly Meeting for Wednesday June 4, 2008   7 pm Foster Community Center Room 213

Presentations from:

EVENTS of note:

Greater Lansing Housing Coalition

Gardens Galore Tour June 21 & 22

When:            Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22,

10AM – 4PM each day (rain or shine)

Where:           Eight distinguished gardens in greater Lansing
Cost:               $15 (Tickets available now)

Featuring Lansing’s Most Beautiful Gardens

The Gardens Galore Tour is a self-guided tour in greater Lansing, featuring exceptional gardens of every size, shape, and character.  This event invites everyone from the novice gardener to the seasoned professional, and is sure to inspire your green thumb.

Tickets Available at Lansing Retail Locations
Tickets for the Gardens Galore Tour are $15 and are available at the following retail locations:  Arrowhead Alpines, Horrock’s Farm Market, Mole Hole, Smith Floral and Greenhouse, Wild Birds Unlimited, and the Coalition office located at 1017 West Lapeer Street in Lansing.  Advance information about Gardens Galore Tour is available by calling (517) 372-5980, or by email at glhc@glhc.org or at www.glhc.org.  Credit cards accepted, only by calling the Coalition office (517) 372-5980.  Vendors will not accept credit cards.

The Tour is an annual fundraiser for the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition.

The Tour raises important revenue that enables the Coalition to renovate dilapidated homes and provide affordable housing to people of modest means and revitalize neighborhoods.

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The 2008 Board of Directors were elected into office in the April Meeting.  The board members are as follows:

Nancy Parsons Mahlow - President         Dennis Kelley - Vice President          Cheryl Risner - Treasurer 

Deb Biehler - Recording Secretary              

General Board Members:       J Furlong, H. Leeman, D. Kelley, R. Leyrer , J. Vittone

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Dear East Side Neighbor:

We are informing you about the Eastside Neighborhood Organization(ENO). Established in 1972, our group is a non-profit community of neighbors from the eastside of Lansing. Though, we are a very diverse group of individuals, we feel that by working together, we will be able to meet common goals, preserve and improve our community.

The purpose of ENO, as outlined in our bylaws, is as follows:

To enhance, promote and contribute to the Community by supporting and initiating activities beneficial to the Eastside neighborhood, City of Lansing, Lansing Township, as well as society in general.

To promote community co-operation in solving common problems detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the Eastside residents.

To facilitate better communications between Eastside residents and all local governments, their boards and agencies.

ENO provides a monthly forum for discussion of a wide range of issues including, but not limited to traffic, parks, housing, neighborhood improvement projects. We have many speakers at our meetings:

-City Officials, including representatives from the Police Department (Public Safety),

-City Code Compliance, -1^st Ward Councilperson

-Other Lansing City Council Members -Lansing Transportation Department

-Planning Department -District 54-A Judges

-Representatives from Sparrow Hospital/ Lansing School District/Local Neighborhood groups ( Eastfield, Potter-Walsh ... for example)

-Allen Neighborhood Center / Oak Park Neighborhood Center

-Boys Training School Advisory Implementation Committee(BTS) ( advisory board for vacant land to be developed between Lansing Catholic Central High School and Orchard Street and Saginaw)

Our group meets the First Wednesday of the Month, unless a Holiday falls on that Wednesday at Foster Community Center, room #213 at 7 pm.

Please join us and come see what/who we are; become informed about your neighborhood and meet your neighbors of the East side of Lansing.

Any questions please feel free to contact our President Nancy Parsons Mahlow at 372 3249.