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Residents and engineer urge Lansing council to lift demolition order for MLK Boulevard homes
Summary
Residents, family members and the project’s structural engineer urged the Lansing City Council to remove an order to make safe or demolish (MSD) for homes at 108–110 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., saying substantial interior work and $80,000 in investment demonstrate the buildings’ safety. Council did not take a final vote on the MSD at the meeting.
Alisa Flowers, who identified herself as the property owner and a trained designer, told the Lansing City Council she has invested more than $80,000 repairing the interior of 108–110 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and asked the council not to demolish the homes.
"108110MLK will take a place where safety will be a place where safety, sustainability, healing, creativity, and community thrive together," Flowers said, describing the project as a personal and neighborhood-driven restoration.
Family members and neighbors lined up to support Flowers’s plea. Her daughter Danielle Flowers said visiting the renovated interior shows the work…
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