LANSING — When PetalPop Cafe opens its doors off West Ionia Street next month the flavors of its menu will pay homage to its name, and the woman who inspired the business.
Lucile Belen, a former Lansing City Councilperson who died in 2010, ran Belen’s Flowers at the building in the 500 block of West Ionia Street for 60 years. She founded Belen’s School of Floral Design in the 1950s.
“She was a great lady,” said Syreeta Brown, one of the new restaurant’s owners. “She was right at the forefront for women.”…