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Middle Village to Celebrate 2025 Cohort with Grand Opening on June 25, Featuring New and Returning Shops

Middle Village, a retail accelerator program presented by Downtown Lansing Inc. (DLI) and powered by Lake Trust, announces three new businesses participating in its fifth cohort. Middle Village’s 2025 Grand Opening will be held on Wednesday, June 25, at 11 a.m. at 215 S. Washington Square in the historic Atrium Building in Downtown Lansing.  

Jollof Afro-Caribbean Lounge Opens in Downtown Lansing, Adding More Nightlife, Culture and Vibrancy to Michigan’s Downtown

New restaurant & lounge opens its doors on S. Washington Square 

LANSING, Mich. (May 22, 2025) - Downtown Lansing welcomed a new restaurant and lounge right on Washington Square during the highly anticipated grand opening of Jollof Afro-Caribbean Lounge located at 221 S. Washington Square. On Thursday, May 22, community members gathered to celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially marking the start of the business being open to the public. 

Downtown Lansing Inc. Receives $100,000 Small Business Accelerator Grant From The Hartford for The Macotta Club

Funds to help launch kitchen incubator space for local food startups in Lansing

LANSING, Mich. (May 13, 2025) - Downtown Lansing Inc. (DLI) has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Accelerator Grant from The Hartford, in partnership with Main Street America, to create a culinary accelerator kitchen that will serve as a launching pad for 16 startups.

A New Era for Lansing: Construction for the new City Hall begins

After years of anticipation, contractors have officially broken ground on Lansing’s new City Hall. I’m your Lansing neighborhood reporter, Asya Lawrence, here with a look at what’s to come for the city’s new home base.

“We came to downtown Lansing to see a new neighbor of ours… City Hall,” said Bruce Wheeler, assistant director with the Justice in Mental Health Organization, also known as JIMHO 

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