Meridian
Entertainment Group, the event planning group responsible for the
annual
Common
Ground Music Festival, has relocated to a house at 901 N.
Washington Ave. in
Old Town.
"There are a lot of creative elements in
Old Town," says Kevin Meyer, President of MEG and Executive Director of
Common Ground. "It was a natural fit."
Prior to moving into the 2,800
sq. ft. house, MEG was stationed in the
Lansing City Market. "We grew while we were there," Meyer says of MEG's old location at the
City Market, and "more space," was a key factor in the move. "We had been
in the City Market since 2000," says Meyer. "We had to find a new home."
The new home of MEG and Common Ground is a house built around 1901. A
family lived in the house until the 1980s, when it became an office.
Because it had already been an office, MEG did not have to do any
remodeling. "[There was] no build out needed," says Meyer, "and that's
what attracted us."
MEG is now located close to Riverfront Park, where the Common Ground
Festival is held each summer. "We love the location on the corner," says
Meyer, adding that MEG plans to stay in Lansing and hopes to be around
to celebrate Common Ground's 20th anniversary.
Source: Kevin Meyer
Writer:
Daniel J. Hogan
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