Colonial Village (Lansing, Michigan)

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Colonial Village
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Location in the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°44′49″N83°8′35″W / 42.74694°N 83.14306°W / 42.74694; -83.14306 Coordinates: 42°44′49″N83°8′35″W / 42.74694°N 83.14306°W / 42.74694; -83.14306
Country United States
State Michigan
County Ingham
Area
  Total 0.76 sq mi (2.0 km2)
Elevation 873 ft (266.1 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 1,901
  Density 2,481/sq mi (958/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 48910
Area code(s) 517
Website http://www.cvnanews.com/
Colonial Village @ city-data.com [1]

Colonial Village is a neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan. It is located southwest of REO Town in the southside of the city.

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REO Town Neighborhood in Ingham, Michigan, United States

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Description

The neighborhood is bordered by West Mount Hope Avenue to the north, South Martin Luther King Blvd (M-99) to the east, West Holmes Road to the south, and Pleasant Grove Road to the west. [1] Largely composed of single-family homes, there are commercial and retail components along Mount Hope at the Colonial Village Shopping Center, and centered at MLK and Holmes in the southeast corner of the neighborhood at the open-air Logan Square Shopping Center. Directly north of Logan Square, sprawls a heavy industrial area owned by Reid Machinery which lies along a branch of the Jackson & Lansing Railroad which cuts diagonally across the southeastern corner of the district. The neighborhood is also home to two churches, Grace United Methodist Church and Colonial Village Baptist Church. A USPS Facility is located in the southern section of the neighborhood. Elmhurst park rests almost directly in the center of the neighborhood, along with Elmhurt School. Holly Park is a small pocket park located in the southern section of the neighborhood, with a few small hiking trails leading to what is now the Lansing Charter Academy.

M-99 (Michigan highway) highway in Michigan, United States

M-99 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Ohio state border, where it connects to State Route 15 (SR 15), north to Lansing, where it terminates at a junction with Interstate 496 (I-496) and the Capitol Loop. The highway mainly serves local communities along the route as it passes through farm lands in the southern part of the state. One segment is routed concurrently with US Highway 12 (US 12) in Jonesville while the northern end runs through urban areas on a street named for Martin Luther King, Jr. in Lansing.

Single-family detached home free-standing residential building

A stand-alone house is a free-standing residential building. Sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling.

The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company is a Class III short line railroad which operates 20 miles (32 km) of railroad track between Adrian and Riga, in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was incorporated February 6, 1991, with company headquarters in Westland, Michigan. It also operates Lapeer Industrial Railroad, Charlotte Southern Railroad, Detroit Connecting Railroad, and Jackson and Lansing Railroad.

History

The oldest part of the neighborhood was part of a 1917 annexation of Lansing into the surrounding township. This section is in the northeastern corner of the neighborhood, and is bound by Martin Luther King Boulevard to the east, Victor Avenue to the south, Pattengill Avenue to the west, and Mount Hope Avenue to the north. Subsequent annexations in 1950, 1955, and 1958, respectively, brought the rest of the land into the city that would become the Colonial Village neighborhood.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

The Lansing School District operates Lewton Elementary on Lewton Plaza, bordering Mt. Hope Avenue, as well as the Lansing K-8 STEM Academy (formerly Dwight Rich Middle School) on Hampden Drive. The district formerly operated Elmhurst Elementary along Pattengill Avenue, though the building now functions as storage and office space for the district. Cole Academy, a K-6 charter school chartered by Central Michigan University, is located along Mt. Hope Avenue.

The Lansing Public School District is the urban public school district covering 52 square miles including the city of Lansing, Michigan, part of the city of East Lansing, and parts of the townships of Delta, DeWitt, Lansing, and Watertown.

A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. Charter schools are an example of public asset privatization.

Central Michigan University public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States

Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1892, Central Michigan University is one of the largest universities in the state of Michigan and one of the nation's 100 largest public universities. It has more than 20,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and 7,000 students enrolled online at more than 60 locations worldwide.

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Colonial Village shopping center
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Colonial Village shopping center
sign along Mount Hope Road