Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. It is a suburb of Detroit. The 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area,which encompasses all of Washtenaw County. Ann Arbor is also included in the Greater Detroit Combined Statistical Area and the Great Lakes megalopolis,the most populated and largest megalopolis in North America.
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County,although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644,making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The population of its metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 541,297 at the 2020 census,the third largest in the state after metropolitan Detroit and Grand Rapids. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847,ten years after Michigan became a state.
Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census,the city had a total population of 61,606. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit,Pontiac is about 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Detroit.
Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties,Tennessee,located approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Nashville. Spring Hill's population as of 2020 was 50,005. Spring Hill is recognized as the 4th fastest growing city in Tennessee by the U.S. Census Bureau and is included in the Nashville metropolitan area.
Dennis Wayne Archer is an American lawyer,jurist and former politician from Michigan. A Democrat,Archer served as Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association,becoming the first black president of the organization,which,until 1943,had barred African-American lawyers from membership.
The Lansing Lugnuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Lansing,Michigan,and play their home games at Jackson Field.
Interstate 496 (I-496) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that passes through downtown Lansing in the US state of Michigan. Also a component of the State Trunkline Highway System,the freeway connects I-96 to the downtown area. It has been named the R.E. Olds Freeway for Ransom E. Olds,the founder of Oldsmobile and the REO Motor Car Company. I-496 runs east–west from I-96/I-69 near the downtown area and north–south along a section that runs concurrently with US Highway 127 (US 127). The trunkline also passes a former assembly plant used by Oldsmobile and runs along or crosses parts of the Grand and Red Cedar rivers.
Interstate 475 (I-475) is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of Michigan. I-475 is a 16.9-mile (27.2 km) bypass route that serves the downtown area of Flint while its parent,I-75,passes through the west side of the city. I-475 starts southwest of Grand Blanc and runs through suburbs of Flint before passing through downtown. There,it intersects I-69 and crosses the Flint River. The freeway turns westerly to connect back to I-75 north of Flint near Mount Morris.
Jackson Field is a baseball stadium in Lansing,Michigan,home field of the Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball team. The Michigan State Spartans college baseball team also plays select home games at Jackson Field. The stadium is situated in downtown Lansing in the Stadium District on a relatively narrow strip of land between and below Larch and Cedar streets.
Interstate 194 (I-194) is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km),north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway between downtown Battle Creek and I-94 in the southern portion of the city. The highway has been designated the Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway by the state after the abolitionist Sojourner Truth,who was active in the Battle Creek area. Locals refer to the freeway by its semi-official nickname,"The Penetrator". I-194 is the only three-digit spur or loop route off I-94 in the state of Michigan and runs concurrently throughout its length with M-66,which continues both north and south from the termini of I-194. The freeway was initially opened in 1961 and completed in its current form in 1966. The highway was named in 1976 for Truth in honor of her local connections to the area.
The campus of Michigan State University is located in East Lansing on the banks of the Red Cedar River,and comprises a contiguous area of 5,200 acres (21 km2),2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of which are developed. Built amid virgin forest,the campus opened in 1855 with three buildings,none of which remain. As an agricultural college,the campus was originally located several miles outside of the city of Lansing,but as the population of the college grew,the city of East Lansing developed just north of the area's main avenue.
Central Michigan,also called Mid Michigan,is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies,it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten,and Mid Michigan corresponds roughly to the palm,encompassing the fertile rolling plains of the Michigan Basin. The region contains cities of moderate size,including Flint,Saginaw,and the state capital of Lansing.
Interstate 94 (I-94) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Billings,Montana,to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. In Michigan,it is a state trunkline highway that enters the state south of New Buffalo and runs eastward through several metropolitan areas in the southern section of the state. The highway serves Benton Harbor–St. Joseph near Lake Michigan before turning inland toward Kalamazoo and Battle Creek on the west side of the peninsula. Heading farther east,I-94 passes through rural areas in the middle of the southern Lower Peninsula,crossing I-69 in the process. I-94 then runs through Jackson,Ann Arbor,and portions of Metro Detroit,connecting Michigan's largest city to its main airport. Past the east side of Detroit,the Interstate angles northeasterly through farmlands in The Thumb to Port Huron,where the designation terminates on the Blue Water Bridge at the Canadian border.
There are currently eight business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94) in the US state of Michigan. These business routes connect I-94 to the downtown business districts of neighboring cities. Seven of the eight routes are business loops which bear the Business Loop I-94 designation while one is a business spur that bears the Business Spur I-94. These loops are former routings of I-94's two predecessors in Michigan:US Highway 12 (US 12) or US 25. The westernmost BL I-94 runs through the twin cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph along the former routing of US 12 and US 31/US 33 that now includes a section of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour in the state. The loops in Kalamazoo,Battle Creek,Marshall,Albion,and Jackson were also formerly segments of US 12 which were later designated as separate version of Business US Highway 12 through their respective cities before becoming BL I-94s in 1960. The BL I-94 in Kalamazoo was converted into BS I-94 in 2019. The route of the business loop through Ann Arbor was previously US 12 and then later M-14 before receiving its current moniker. The BL I-94 through Port Huron was previously US 25 and then Business US Highway 25.
Michael Brown is the former city administrator and former emergency manager of Flint,Michigan,US. He also served as temporary mayor and city administrator of Flint after the resignation of Don Williamson.
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan,in northwest Calhoun County,at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek,Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),which encompasses all of Calhoun County. As of the 2020 census,the city had a total population of 52,731. Nicknamed "Cereal City",it is best known as the home of the Kellogg Company and the founding city of Post Consumer Brands.
The Lansing Art Gallery ("LAG") is a nonprofit art gallery located in downtown Lansing,Michigan,USA. LAG offers a meeting space for other arts organizations,exhibition facilities,memberships for individuals and businesses,art competitions,education outreach,"Art Smart" after-school classes,Art Scholarship Alert,high school competition,summer art camps,workshops,artist demonstrations,and lectures. In addition to sales,LAG offers art rental/lending,and actively markets those services to local businesses.
Andy Schor is an American politician currently serving as the 52nd mayor of Lansing,Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,Schor was previously a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners. He also represented the 68th district in the Michigan House of Representatives,which includes most of the City of Lansing and all of Lansing Township. Schor is the first Jewish mayor of Lansing.
Michael Fougere is an American-Canadian politician who served as mayor of Regina,Saskatchewan. He was elected mayor on October 24,2012 with 42 percent of the vote among nine candidates,running on a platform that included housing,infrastructure,regional economic development and continuing the Regina Revitalization Initiative. Prior to being elected as mayor of Regina,Fougere served as a city councillor in Ward 4 which covered the majority of the city's south-eastern neighbourhoods,being re-elected five times. He was first elected to city council in 1997. At the time he was the co-founder of the Association of Concerned Taxpayers.
Glenn Dale Steil was an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 32nd and 30th districts as a member of the Republican Party.
