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    Lansing area looks to adventure travel to draw visitors, business

    Industry is seen as a way to help Michigan diversify and keep more young talent


    • 1 point | submitted by spacecase about 6 months ago

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      Dying to try the Bike-Row-Brew. Optimistically, highlighting this kind of stuff can help draw a larger audience, which can draw more of it to the area ... I hope Over the Edge comes back. Wanted to join in, but gotta be out of state that day.

      • 1 point | submitted by jwoodruff about 6 months ago | history

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        That sounds like an insane amount of fun, actually. I'd have to really whip myself into shape if I was going to attempt any of this stuff I think!

    • 1 point | submitted by ILoveLansing about 6 months ago

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      Very cool. We may landlocked without convenient access to the Great Lakes, but the Lansing area has outstanding outdoor offerings. Hopefully this new endeavor will shine a spotlight on yet another reason to get out and about in Greater Lansing.

    • 0 points | submitted by jbruce2112 about 6 months ago

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      I looked into this company a little bit and they sound awesome. They have about 5 different locations around the state. It looks like they are sponsoring one of five trebuchets (old fashioned catapults) in a competition out at MSU in May.

      http://www.greenplanetextreme.com/index.html

    • 0 points | submitted by jwoodruff about 6 months ago

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      Interesting, but I wonder how much 'adventure travel' there really is in the Lansing area - we don't really have steep mountains or anything particularly scenic (given other not-so-far off destination) to make people choose Lansing as a destination.

      I can, however, see how highlighting this kind of stuff could help morale in the area.