The City of East Lansing will resume working with a nonprofit organization to explore developing affordable housing for artists in the city.
The city is working with Artspace, a Minneapolis-based real estate nonprofit organization that serves as a developer providing affordable housing and work spaces for artists. The city paid $35,000 for a preliminary report from Artspace in 2021, however progress stalled due to low staffing in the city’s planning department.
The “creatives” who live in the housing could be a wide-range of artists, from painters to videographers to performers and more. The preliminary report recommends a mixed-use space downtown, with artists living on upper floors and commercial and studio space below.
The city will look back to review the preliminary report when it resumes exploring an Artspace project…