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March 13-19, 2013 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 13, 2013 We live together and become something bigger than ourselves. PROUD TO SUPPORT THE LANSING COMMUNITY. 37 888.267.7200 laketrust.org City Pulse • March 13, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 MOMIX: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BOTANICA SUNDAY, MARCH 17 An all-star lineup of jazz artists on one stage! One of America’s most famous Led by vocal wonder, Grammy winner and Michigan native Dee Dee stories, this brilliant production Bridgewater, this stellar group includes Grammy-winning bassist tells the universal tale of Christian McBride, plus Chris Potter, Lewis Nash, and Benny Green. friendship during the Great Depression, offering insight into the human heart and what it means to be human. OfTHE ACTINGMice COMPANY: and Men Wednesday, March 20 at 7:30PM March 22-23 Friday at 8PM; Saturday at 8PM Jazz Series Sponsor Media Sponsor Generously sponsored by Butzel Long; Governmental Consultant Services; and Mid-Michigan MRI. The living legend of the flute, An engaging discussion of the Sir James Galway is joined by Third Industrial Revolution with a stellar ensemble in this very best-selling author, economist and special performance with visionary Jeremy Rifkin, also an works by Mozart, Debussy, EU advisor and president of the Henry Mancini and more. Foundation on Economic Trends. The living legend FREE for MSU Students, of the flute! Faculty and Staff (Limit 2 tickets per MSU ID.) $20 general admission SIR JAMES GALWAY: Jeremy rifkin LEGACY TOUR Monday, March 25 at 7:30PM Media Sponsor The World View Lecture Series is made possible in part by the MSU Thursday, March 28 at 7:30PM Office of the President. This presentation is generously supported by College of Natural Science; College of Social Science; Honors College; Media Sponsor Residential College in Arts & Humanities; Center for Community and Economic Development/ Generously sponsored by ProAssurance Casualty Company. University Outreach and Engagement; Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies (CARRS); and University Physician’s Office/Health4U. WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 13, 2013 A new research facility was built adja- VOL. 12 Niowave makes cent to the school in the spring of 2012, with the understanding that a PA328 ISSUE 31 (Personal Property Tax Exemption) would be approved. A vote on that PA328 is (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com its case scheduled for March 25. The facility went ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5061 through the City approval process and was PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 (The authors — Terry L. Grimm, accepted. Niowave fully complied with all or email [email protected] president; Jerry L Hollister, chief oper- ordinances including the Special Land Use. 6 ating officer; and Mark P. Sinila, chief By building this new research facility, we EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 financial officer — responded to an intend to expand our employee base to 75 MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz invitation to state Niowave Inc.’s case for and invest another $5 million. Last minute meetings between Niowave and Walnut [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 a $550,000 personal property tax tax We understand the new research build- Residents give some hope for renewed negotiations ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • Allan I. Ross exemption in light of the controversy over ing has caused some concern among [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 the 14,000-square-foot “pole barn” it built some of our neighbors. This was never PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper adjacent to its headquarters in the old our intent. Last September we publically [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 Walnut Street School.) spoke at Lansing City Council, apologized, 11 CALENDAR EDITOR • Dana Casadei Niowave builds superconducting elec- and proposed a path forward. We have [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 tron linear accelerators to tackle America’s followed through with that proposal and STAFF WRITERS high-tech challenges in fields as diverse as have attempted to resolve the “façade” issue LCC’s ‘Laramie Project: 10 Years Later’ re-opens an old wound Lawrence Cosentino health care and national security. Niowave by meeting with representatives from the [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 Sam Inglot has recently identified commercial markets Walnut Neighborhood Organization. In [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 for compact superconducting accelerators: early November, Niowave proposed ideas PAGE • Medical Radioisotopes for diag- such a possible mural from a local artist MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica nostics and therapy and a two-year commitment of $100,000 30 [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 • Free Electron Lasers to implement a landscape architectural • X-ray Sources for cancer therapy plan from the world-renowned Bob Ford. ADVERTISING MANAGER Shelly Olson European fusion restaurant Mediteran Each of these three markets has the Until very recently, the neighborhood [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 potential in the next five years to generate rejected our proposals, without specific offers inventive, eclectic menu ADVERTISING hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, and alternatives other than “fix the façade.” Denis Prisk Niowave is currently the only company in We have made recent progress due to the COVER [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 the world building these systems. To meet efforts of Mary Elaine Kiener. Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom ART Helma, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Dennis Preston, Paul Wozniak, Amanda these growing commercial markets, Niowave We built this building because we want- Harrell-Seyburn, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter, Shawn Parker needs to expand its current research and ed to stay in Lansing at our current site. We Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Karen development facility to include manufactur- looked at alternative sites, but these other Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent Robison, Steve Stevens Interns: Darby Vermeulen, Hannah Scott, Dylan Sowle, ing and processing facilities. sites would have required us to relocate our FILE IT by RACHEL HARPER Justin Anderson, Marisol Dorantes When Niowave started in early 2006, we headquarters. This would have delayed our Editor & Publisher Berl purchased an abandoned 45,000-square- time sensitive projects and also hurt the CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz foot, two-story school which had been set Walnut Neighborhood and Lansing. on fire, vandalized and in need of signifi- In addition, we wanted to stay in State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville 7 p.m. Wednesdays cant repair. Thanks to the commitment Lansing because of the city’s diverse Mary Elaine Kiener, Walnut Neighborhood resident of City Council and the City of Lansing, workforce. We have incredible high-tech Brian Jeffries, Lansing City Councilman Niowave was able to turn the Walnut manufacturing talent from the auto indus- THIS WEEK Gretchen Cochran, Downtown Neighborhood Association Elementary School from a potential eye try, new talent being trained at Lansing sore to a thriving research and develop- Community College, and accelerator exper- ment company. tise at Michigan State right in our back In the past seven years, Niowave has yard. Niowave has helped establish Mid- created over 50 high-tech jobs with an Michigan as the Accelerator Capital of the average salary of $60,000. Approximately World, and we want Lansing to stay at the 20 percent of our workforce lives within the Lansing city limits. All of our employees See Niowave, Page 5 pay taxes to the city and spend a good por- tion of their incomes at Lansing businesses. CORRECTION Nearly 100 percent of our corporate rev- Last week’s story on Niowave should enue comes from outside of Michigan, and have said Rina Risper ran for an at-large we are developing a local accelerator supply City Council seat in 2009, not the 4th chain, making Niowave a significant net Ward. addition to the local economy. TOP OF THE TOWN Niowave has also purchased 14 red- Last week’s listing of the City Pulse/ tagged or abandoned homes throughout WLNS Top of the Town categories did not the Walnut neighborhood, rehabilitated include the category for best nail services. them, and brought them all into compli- Contestants in the category are Adriann ance with the city’s rental requirements. at Guy and Dolls in Frandor; Cristi They are now rented and back on the prop- Carpenter; Douglas J. Aveda Institute in erty tax rolls. Between the former school East Lansing; Jenny Nails; Kiss Nails; building, our recent expansion and the and Polished Nail Salon. Go to lansingci- rehabilitated homes, Niowave has invested typulse.com/finalfive to cast your ballot. over $10 million in facilities. VOTE To vote, visit: TODAY! lansingcitypulse.com THE TOP OF THE TOWN AWARDS FINAL FIVE COMPETITION RUNS THROUGH MARCH 26! City Pulse • March 13, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION is still on the table about what it will White said she’s heard from some Genesee plans do with the entirety of it. It’s an awk- neighbors about the desire for single- wardly shaped parcel: The broadcast- family housing. It’s an option, she said, Movement in the Genesee ers association is one of eight owners but not set in stone. C Neighborhood as new owners on the entire Ottawa/Butler block. The “It depends on who contacts us look to redevelop Ottawa/Butler rest are owners of vacant or occupied when it comes to what we’ll do with OF THE WEEK block and Genesee School homes, except for 217 N. Sycamore St., the rest of the property,” she said. “I which is for offices of MLive Media would not be interested in building A prominent five-acre block of green Group.