By CHRISTIE BLECK
April 3, 2011
From Ingham County Community News
MASON - The 2010 census produced good results for the city of Mason: a population increase of 15 percent in 10 years.
The recent census showed Mason had 8,252 residents, up from 7,173 in 2000.
City Administrator Marty Colburn mentioned a few reasons behind the big increase, including investments of industry, commercial developments and services from city staff.
"The city services are maintained at a high quality and we are proactive to the changing needs," Colburn said.
Colburn listed Rayner Ponds, Summerwood, Coventry Woods, Riverwalk and the Green Acres assisted living community as examples of quality developments.
Also, Colburn pointed out that through many discussions city staff has had with developments and residents, it was discovered about a third of residents have moved from one house to another within the community. This came through upgrading, downsizing or another method.
Another third, according to Colburn, was a regional contingent who moved to Mason for personal reasons, such as proximity to family and work. The last third, he said, was from outside the region or state. Again, proximity of work and quality of life were reasons for the moves, Colburn said.
"Many like that we have a community with an identity, a historic downtown, great school system and proximity to the state capital and MSU," he said.
Leslie down in numbers
Leslie was down from 2,044 to 1,851, a drop of about 10 percent.
"It is very unfortunate because I think the census numbers overstate the decline for the city of Leslie," City Manager Brian Reed said.
The city has added housing units since 2000, and although currently there are many vacant homes, Reed said he "intuitively" believes a 10-percent drop is too high.
"At this point," Reed said, "this will affect how much money we get from different revenue streams that use census data in order to distribute money.
"We need every bit of help that we can right now."
Reed said staff must analyze the data further to determine how it will affect the city.
2010 Census
Mason: 8,252 (up from 7,173 in 2000)Leslie: 1,851 (down from 2,044 in 2000)
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