Lansing River Trail number of special events, including the "Common Ground Music Festival", the "Annual Mayor's Walk", "Michigan Run", the "Capital City River Run" and a number of other city-sponsored activities. The trail is currently being extended into Delhi Township to connect with an existing trail in Holt, as well as east to west across south Lansing. Lansing River Trail Lansing River Trail is a multiple use, non-motorized trail approximately long. It runs along the Grand River and the Red Cedar River between Michigan State University and Dietrich Park in northern Lansing. The trail has a western extension that begins where it splits
East Lansing High School dedicated in September 2005. On June 21, 2017, Andrew Wells (ELHS class of 1976) was named principal, replacing Colby Fletcher. The school's official mascot is the Trojan and its colors are navy blue and white. The athletic teams compete as members of the Capital Area Activities Conference. The school district that is now East Lansing Public Schools was established in 1900, seven years before the city of East Lansing itself. All grade levels were taught in the original Central School, which was built in 1901. When that building burned down in 1916, classes were held in the old Peoples Church