State officials on Friday, Nov. 21, announced more than $600,000 in grant funding to support a Gillespie Group project that will redevelop multiple East Michigan Avenue properties in Lansing's Stadium District.

In July, the Gillespie Group announced an agreement to purchase six buildings near the Jackson Field minor league ballpark in the 600 block of East Michigan Avenue and redevelop the area, Pat Gillespie, its founder and CEO, said at the time.

“MEDC’s support of the revitalization of the 600 block of Michigan Avenue is a powerful example of what can happen when vision and support come together for the good of a community,” Gillespie said in a Nov. 21 release. “This corridor’s transformation will create an engaging and energized destination that will breathe new life into the block

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