EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Up to challenge on redevelopment transformation

I recently attended Lansing’s 120th birthday celebration that provided a glimpse of the village’s rich and sometimes colorful past. A lot has changed from those early days.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Consider keeping these resolutions this year

It’s time again to make New Year’s resolutions. Endeavor to live a healthier lifestyle, spend more time with family and friends, be more in control of finances, or perhaps start your own business. All are worthy and (hopefully) attainable goals, but here are a few others that should make you…

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Lansing making big plan for village's future

Daniel Burnham is perhaps the most heralded American architect and urban planner of the past century, creating groundbreaking urban plans for many cities that fostered a sense of place and community. Like Burnham, Lansing has an opportunity to “make big plans.”

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Lansing is readying itself for business

The recent controversy with Chick-fil-A got me thinking about communities that are turning away businesses based on ideology or political positions. I doubt many in the south suburbs or Northwest Indiana are doing so. We’re all working to attract businesses.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Building blocks for the future

We’re lucky. Lansing’s founders planned their community and downtown in a way that has withstood the test of time, providing residents across the generations an attractive place to live, work and play. Mostly they got it right, but today’s village leaders want to ensure that current and pros…

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Signs of light at end of dark financial tunnel

It seems there might be light at the end of the tunnel. Despite the hard economic times of the last few years, community leaders are feeling optimistic by early signs that we are leaving those days behind.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: New year for Lansing invites self-assessment, celebration of assets

It's a new year, a time for self-assessment and resolutions. I initiated that tradition a little early this year, changing jobs in November to become Lansing's new director of planning and development.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Cline redevelopment golden opportunity to strengthen region

Since the Cline Avenue bridge closed, affected businesses and communities have been working together to address the disruption of traffic along the corridor and provide input to the Indiana Department of Transportation on a suitable replacement. To be sure, Cline Avenue is a near-term proble…

GUEST COMMENTARY: Olympics would build legacy for entire region

On Oct. 2, the International Olympics Committee will announce its pick to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. If Chicago wins, the entire region, from Northwest Indiana all the way up to southeastern Wisconsin, ends up victorious.