Cool Cities Initiative
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Cool Cities Initiative is an initiative started by Governor Jennifer Granholm
to spur growth and investment in Michigan
during a period of economic decline. The Initiative was proposed in 2003 in response to students attending college in Michigan and then seeking employment out of state. The Stadium District, immediately south of Oldsmobile Park
in Lansing, was redeveloped using a grant from the Cool Cities project.
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...
to spur growth and investment in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
during a period of economic decline. The Initiative was proposed in 2003 in response to students attending college in Michigan and then seeking employment out of state. The Stadium District, immediately south of Oldsmobile Park
Oldsmobile Park
Cooley Law School Stadium 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 Cooley Law School Stadium...
in Lansing, was redeveloped using a grant from the Cool Cities project.