The June 2009 Greater Lansing Business Monthly discussed exciting developments at ITEC and the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center (http://www.cityofeastlansing.com/tic)

Information Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC)

One day last year, Adam Pitcher, who lives in north Lansing near the then-vacant Holmes Street School, thought, "We have to find a use for this school." Being a systems analyst at Michigan State University's department of computer science and engineering, he also realized the growing need for education of K-12 kids, particularly in the realm of science and math.

"Out of that need," Pitcher, who is involved with the Holmes Street School Association, says, "I looked at what's around me and thought it would be good idea to start this project."

In another part of town and around the same time, Ryan Vartoogian, CEO of Spartan Internet, heard about a collaborative effort to restore the school. He approached the City of Lansing and purchased the building, which will soon house Spartan Internet's new offices on its third floor.

For more information, see http://www.lansingbusinessmonthly.com/article_read.asp?articleID=4898.