"Our Lansing"
Our Future is Not a Facade
by Suban Nur Cooley
by Suban Nur Cooley
Our future is not a façade.
We are not everyone else.
We are not everywhere else.
Lansing.
A community with a backbone strong enough to work lighter, quicker and cheaper.
Threads of space and place, people and possibility.
Soul. Generosity. Grit. Stick with it.
This is Lansing.
Threads - weaving intricate tapestries in separate spaces and places.
This is beyond a facade.
This is a community at work behind the streetscapes and between the greenspaces.
We are a culture. Identities wrapped in identities.
Cultures formed on porches and patios—over popcorn, oysters or sandwiches that meld your favorite meals into a meaty mass—We take naps and dream of making a place.
A place that already exists in our soul. Your soul.
THIS is Lansing.
Threads weaving intricate tapestries
Reaching
Working towards the same goal—creating the same image from distance.
Do you see yourself now, Lansing? Do you?
Slowly—we are connecting the dots.
You are community. Your soul is your place.
And if people drive place, then don't give them a reason to drive. right. by.
Show them your soul. It truly is a love supreme.
Home is where you creatively connect and communicate.
Don't ask for permission. Citizens. You have authority.
You are the community.
You are the future. Be unbound and creative.
This is sacred work.
Connect before our collective image unravels behind bridges and sidewalks.
Connect before our collective image becomes a metaphor for our tired backbones—working hard, but working in silos.
Get out of each other's way and stand side-by-side. Create the ties that build a municipal bind.
PEOPLE. Make. Place.
You are people. You are place.
Let our identities intertwine—complexities are what make a city vibrant.
Move. Get up. Make.
Be the momentum. Link and thread.
Weave and wander around—don't wonder what could have been.
We don't have to ask permission to be Lansing. We just do Lansing.
We are not everyone else.
We are not everywhere else.
Lansing.
A community with a backbone strong enough to work lighter, quicker and cheaper.
Threads of space and place, people and possibility.
Soul. Generosity. Grit. Stick with it.
This is Lansing.
Threads - weaving intricate tapestries in separate spaces and places.
This is beyond a facade.
This is a community at work behind the streetscapes and between the greenspaces.
We are a culture. Identities wrapped in identities.
Cultures formed on porches and patios—over popcorn, oysters or sandwiches that meld your favorite meals into a meaty mass—We take naps and dream of making a place.
A place that already exists in our soul. Your soul.
THIS is Lansing.
Threads weaving intricate tapestries
Reaching
Working towards the same goal—creating the same image from distance.
Do you see yourself now, Lansing? Do you?
Slowly—we are connecting the dots.
You are community. Your soul is your place.
And if people drive place, then don't give them a reason to drive. right. by.
Show them your soul. It truly is a love supreme.
Home is where you creatively connect and communicate.
Don't ask for permission. Citizens. You have authority.
You are the community.
You are the future. Be unbound and creative.
This is sacred work.
Connect before our collective image unravels behind bridges and sidewalks.
Connect before our collective image becomes a metaphor for our tired backbones—working hard, but working in silos.
Get out of each other's way and stand side-by-side. Create the ties that build a municipal bind.
PEOPLE. Make. Place.
You are people. You are place.
Let our identities intertwine—complexities are what make a city vibrant.
Move. Get up. Make.
Be the momentum. Link and thread.
Weave and wander around—don't wonder what could have been.
We don't have to ask permission to be Lansing. We just do Lansing.
