I was delighted and honored this week to receive my 5 year CTA recognition pin from the Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau. In 2012 I became a Certified Tourism Ambassador for the Greater Lansing Area. As much as I knew then, every year I learn more about Greater LA.

A very special view of I-496

I have yet to hear all of the stories of the many uses and incarnations of the Turner-Dodge house. Lansing Community College is the #1 community college in the state? WoW!! Cooley Law School in Lansing and Cooley High School in Detroit are named after the same guy! (How awesome was he?) The youngest Governor in American history is interred in Lansing. Lansing is the only capitol city that is not also the county seat. Hooray for Mason! The Greater Lansing region welcomes over 4.8 million visitors every year. (That's about 10 times the regional population)

Many Lansing visitors fly into our international airport.

Art, history, education and recreation all abound in Greater LA. We are on the cutting edge of scientific discovery and in the center of Pure Michigan. In the middle of the temperate zone, we get to experience all four seasons even if they aren't always on time. Our worst natural disaster is too much snow and the first 500 billion flakes don't really stop the hearty people who call LA home.

Be A Tourist In Your Own Town happens every year - B O N U S !!

The first 5 years of being a CTA and learning more about the Greater Lansing Area has been a blast. Here's to at least 5 more.

Can you feel a brand new day?

Classy Cancer Care Comes to Lansing

Weston's Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe

Lansing's Riverside Pow Wow

Beer Drinking and Bowling

LA's Sports Hall of Fame