Colonial Village, Lansing, Michigan
Colonial Village is a neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan. It is located southwest of REO Town in the southside of the city.
Description
The neighborhood is bordered by West Mount Hope Avenue to the north, South Martin Luther King Blvd to the east, West Holmes Road to the south, and Pleasant Grove Road to the west. Largely composed of single-family homes, there are commercial and retail components along Mount Hope at the Colonial Village Shopping Center, and centered at MLK and Holmes in the southeast corner of the neighborhood at the open-air Logan Square Shopping Center. Directly north of Logan Square, sprawls a heavy industrial area owned by Reid Machinery which lies along a branch of the Jackson & Lansing Railroad which cuts diagonally across the southeastern corner of the district.The neighborhood is also home to two churches, Grace United Methodist Church and LifeWay Community Church. A USPS Facility is located in the southern section of the neighborhood. Elmhurst Park rests almost directly in the center of the neighborhood, along with Elmhurst School. Holly Park is a small pocket park located in the southern section of the neighborhood, with a few small hiking trails leading to what is now the Lansing Charter Academy.