By Leo V. Kaplan (via Lansing City Pulse)
Lansing Public Media Center founding director Dom Cochran likes to call a new membership to the center “the best deal in town.” That is to say, after the introductory all-day class (with a free lunch) and 2TB data card given to members, the center has already lost money.
“We charge the $50 so you feel some ownership, and like you have some skin in the game, right?” Cochran said. “But it’s actually heavily subsidized. We don’t make money off it, obviously. We lose money.”
Lansing residents who aren’t yet members might want to consider it at the end of April when the new Public Media Center, built in the former Lansing Credit Exchange building next to the future Ovation Center, opens. Amenities will be far ahead of the capabilities of the current, temporary location.
Non-residents will pay twice the price and have to bring their own external drive.
When complete, members will have access to things like a classroom and small film screening studio, color grading room, podcast studio with rearrangeable set, music recording studio and huge green-screen room.
Photo Credit: Leo V. Kaplan/City Pulse
