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Federal funds sought to help protect 48-acre farm under Ann Arbor greenbelt
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has its sights set on protecting another chunk of farmland outside the city. City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Oct. 19, to seek federal grant funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help secure a conservation easement on what’s known as the Maulbetsch II property in Northfield Township.
Ann Arbor OKs $393K to strategically purchase property near downtown
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is moving forward with the purchase of a vacant house north of downtown at 124 Felch St. with plans to demolish it. City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Oct. 19, to approve $393,400 for it, counting $373,400 for the purchase from Wickfield Properties and $20,000 for due diligence and closing costs.
Ann Arbor establishes bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness
ANN ARBOR, MI — Steph White appeared before the Ann Arbor City Council Monday, speaking as a city resident and director of development at Ozone House, a local homeless shelter for people ages 10 to 24. Homelessness is driven by various factors, many beyond a person’s control, like rising rent and inability to make a living wage, White said. But young people face extra pressures, she said, and family abuse or neglect often leads to homelessness. For some, it’s exiting foster care without resources.
Ann Arbor OKs $75K grant for possible tiny home village development
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has approved a roughly $75,000 grant agreement for a possible tiny home village in the city. City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Oct. 19, to approve the grant through the Ann Arbor Housing Commission to support a nonprofit group’s plans to construct eight to 12 tiny homes adjacent to an existing house at 3501 Stone School Road. The property has been owned since 2013 by MISSION, which stands for Michigan Itinerant Shelter System Interdependent Out of Necessity.
Ann Arbor aims to expand downtown zoning around University of Michigan campus
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials are considering taking at least one big step in the near future to allow greater housing density around the University of Michigan campus. City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Oct. 19, to ask the Planning Commission to recommend zoning changes for areas south and east of downtown and UM’s Central Campus, essentially extending the boundaries for downtown-style zoning.
‘No place in our society.’ Ban on inhumane glue traps gets Ann Arbor’s final OK
ANN ARBOR, MI — Selling or using glue traps to catch mice and other animals is now banned in Ann Arbor. City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Oct. 19, to give final approval to a new ordinance prohibiting the traps because of the slow and painful deaths and prolonged suffering they cause. City officials also cite public health concerns they can facilitate disease transmission to humans.
Street north of downtown Ann Arbor to be converted to one-way, council decides
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s Carey Street will be converted from two-way to one-way traffic, city officials have decided. City Council voted 9-0 to approve the conversion Monday night, Oct. 19, citing safety concerns with the current configuration and a desire to make the interchange at the south end of the Broadway bridges a little less complicated and confusing.
Sheriff joins in Ann Arbor rally for No Kings: Vote Early day of action
ANN ARBOR, MI — Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer assured Ann Arbor community members on Saturday voting sites will be safe and secure for the Nov. 3 election. That starts with early voting and continues through Election Day, so people aren't intimidated or fearful of showing up to vote, she said. “This is so important,” she said.
‘It’s different every single time.’ The changing face of Ann Arbor’s Graffiti Alley
ANN ARBOR, MI — “I’ve been shooting here for years,” photographer Josh Etheridge said on a recent afternoon in downtown Ann Arbor’s Graffiti Alley. The Hartland High School art and photography teacher was shooting senior portraits, having one of his students pose with a guitar against the backdrop of the alley’s ever-changing art. “I think this is amazing — every time I come down here, the artwork is gorgeous, it’s beautiful. It seems like it’s different every single time,” Etheridge said.
Sheriff joins in Ann Arbor rally for No Kings: Vote Early day of action
ANN ARBOR, MI — Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer assured Ann Arbor community members on Saturday voting sites will be safe and secure for the Nov. 3 election. That starts with early voting and continues through Election Day, so people aren’t intimidated or fearful of showing up to vote, she said. “This is so important,” she said.
6-story Ann Arbor affordable housing project to include $7M in sustainability features
ANN ARBOR, MI — Environmental sustainability will be a focus as the Ann Arbor Housing Commission partners with a private developer to build affordable housing on the city’s south side. The roughly 200 new affordable apartments to be included in the Arbor South mixed-use development off State Street and Eisenhower Parkway are planned in a standalone, six-story building measuring over 183,000 square feet at 2810 Boardwalk Drive.
Ann Arbor’s Sustainable Energy Utility looks to expand service to more neighborhoods
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s Sustainable Energy Utility, also known as the A2SEU, is looking to expand to more customers beyond its initial launch in the Bryant neighborhood. Current grant funding is sufficient to serve an estimated 100 or more households, including 80 already served or in the queue in Bryant, and the A2SEU continues to seek additional grant sources, Executive Director Shoshannah Lenski told City Council.
Ann Arbor puts $56K toward upgrading tornado warning sirens
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials spent months pondering decommissioning the city’s 22 outdoor warning sirens earlier this year, citing the high costs of maintaining them, infrequent use and newer technology now used for emergency alerts. But then a tornado tore through town in April, the first one to impact Ann Arbor since 1988, causing millions of dollars in damage. The sirens proved valuable in alerting residents, many asleep, to brace for the overnight tornado.
Is the Ann Arbor public power proposal legal? Group responds to city questions
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor for Public Power is defending its ballot proposal to create a municipal electric utility, taking issue with City Council’s opposition. The grassroots group issued a response Wednesday, Oct. 14, to legal questions raised by council. “We are confident that Proposal E is entirely legal and consistent with both state law and the current city charter,” A2P2 Executive Director Brian Geiringer said in a statement.
Ann Arbor OKs $766,517 to protect 15-acre farm, aiming to flip it to new farmer
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is making moves to protect another 15 acres of farmland outside the city under the city’s greenbelt program, positioning it to be flipped to a new farmer. City Council voted Oct. 5 to appropriate $766,517 for the purchase of the James R. Gysel property off Brookville Road in Salem Township, covering the $697,650 not-to-exceed price plus $68,867 in endowment, due diligence and closing costs.
Ann Arbor transit agency nets $6.6M to explore enhanced service on busy corridor
ANN ARBOR, MI — Millions of dollars in state grant funding are coming to Ann Arbor to help explore enhanced transit service along a busy state highway trunkline. The Michigan Department of Transportation has awarded $6.6 million to the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, also known as TheRide, to support a study for the Washtenaw Avenue/Huron Street/Jackson Avenue bus rapid transit project. The money is part of MDOT’s newly established Infrastructure Projects Authority Fund. Gov.
Ann Arbor clerk’s office shares info on early voting for November election
ANN ARBOR, MI — Early voting for the November election in Ann Arbor is just days away and the city clerk’s office is letting voters know when and where they can register and cast ballots. Early voting will take place at two locations on the University of Michigan campus starting Wednesday, Oct. 21, and four library locations around the city starting Saturday, Oct. 24. Early voting will continue daily until Sunday, Nov. 1. Voting hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at UM’s Museum of Art, 525 S.
See what’s planned in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti areas for No Kings: Vote Early
ANN ARBOR, MI — Several events are planned throughout Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County for the No Kings: Vote Early national day of action this Saturday, Oct. 17. Rallies, marches, visibility events, absentee ballot voting, information sharing and children’s activities are planned to encourage early voter turnout for the Nov. 3 election, activist group Ann Arbor Indivisible announced. The events are advertised as family-friendly celebrations of voting rights, highlighting the power of voting.
Border-to-Border Trail segment with sinkhole concerns reopens as work continues
ANN ARBOR, MI — The Border-to-Border Trail segment from the Gallup Park fishing pond to Geddes Dam has reopened. The Ann Arbor parks department announced the news Tuesday morning, Oct. 13. The stretch along the Huron River had been closed for weeks due to sinkhole concerns related to deteriorating stormwater culverts beneath the trail. City staff identified a sinkhole above one of the culverts in July and determined soil was migrating into the pipes, creating voids beneath the trail.
‘A unicorn deal.’ Check out this Chelsea-area lake house that just sold for $2.5M
CHELSEA, MI — A lakefront estate at 66 Cavanaugh Lake Road outside Chelsea was on the market just four days in September before a buyer nabbed it for $2.5 million. Local real estate agent Rick Taylor, who had the listing, said it’s the highest-selling house on record for the entire Chelsea school district in over five and a half years. “I can’t tell you the last time I’ve done a $2.5 million house. I mean, those are just unicorns,” he said.
‘This is history for us.’ Ann Arbor celebrates opening of Porter’s Place
ANN ARBOR, MI — “It’s important for young people to know Blacks have been here,” the late Lucille Porter once said. She said that as she was preparing for the fourth-annual African American Downtown Festival on Fourth Avenue and Ann Street in 1999. Porter, who came to Ann Arbor from Arkansas in 1944, started the event to celebrate the history of the area that was the heart of Ann Arbor’s Black social and business scene from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
More and more Ann Arbor-area workers commuting with VanRide vanpool service
ANN ARBOR, MI — Five days a week, Tunicia Ross wakes up early in the morning and drives from her home in Westland to a park-and-ride lot in Romulus. There, she and several other Michigan Medicine workers load into a minivan and make a roughly half-hour trip to their jobs at the University of Michigan health system in Ann Arbor.
Long-vacant 19th-century house in Ann Arbor finally undergoing renovation, expansion
ANN ARBOR, MI — A small 19th-century house that has sat vacant for many years in Ann Arbor’s Old West Side Historic District is finally getting a makeover, positioning it for use again. Owner Michael Bielby, a local landlord who purchased the house at 717 W. Liberty St. in 2008, has long wanted to renovate it and add an addition, but his plans were shot down by the city’s Historic District Commission over a decade ago.
Property purchase that almost fell through back on Ann Arbor City Council’s agenda
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have negotiated a deal to purchase a property that could become a gateway point for a future greenway park at 721 N. Main St. and the Treeline trail. City staff and property owner Wickfield Properties have agreed to a purchase price of $373,400 for the property at 124 Felch St., which is the true cash value — twice the property’s state equalized value as determined by the city assessor, officials said. It’s now on City Council’s agenda for approval Oct. 19.
Development agreement OK’d for over 300 apartments next to Ann Arbor Trader Joe’s
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has OK’d a development agreement for hundreds of new high-end apartments at 2424 E. Stadium Blvd. next to the Trader Joe’s shopping complex. City Council voted unanimously Monday, Oct. 5, to approve the agreement with Stadium Investors 1 LLC, which is affiliated with Farmington Hills-based developer Beztak.
Another 13-story high-rise planned next to University of Michigan campus
ANN ARBOR, MI — Plans are in the works for another apartment high-rise next to the University of Michigan campus with an estimated development cost of $120 million. Texas-based RPM Living is seeking city of Ann Arbor approval to rezone several properties totaling nearly 1.5 acres off Geddes Avenue, Observatory Street and North University Court.
Events planned across Michigan for No Kings: Vote Early day of action
ANN ARBOR, MI — The Indivisible movement against President Donald Trump, which has been involved in organizing a series of No Kings demonstrations across the country since last year, is once again calling for a nationwide day of action. This time it’s focused on voter participation and election protection and it’s called No Kings: Vote Early. More than 1,500 events are planned in communities in all 50 states, including all across Michigan, on Saturday, Oct.
New plan for 7-story apartment development in Ann Arbor gets unanimous OK
ANN ARBOR, MI — Revised plans for a major apartment development next to the Whole Foods on Ann Arbor's south side are now approved. The city's Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night, Oct. 6, to OK changes that make the project known as The Crescent at 2525 Ann Arbor-Saline Road two stories taller, going up to seven stories. Plans now call for 287 apartments on six floors above a parking level.
Ann Arbor puts $417K toward visioning process to reimagine Farmers Market
ANN ARBOR, MI — The Ann Arbor Farmers Market in Kerrytown is a place local farmers sell crops, artisans sell handmade goods and the community comes together for festive events. The market celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019. Now city leaders are thinking seriously about its future. City Council voted unanimously Monday, Oct.
Whitmer signs bill for possible Michigan National Guard center north of Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, MI — A former juvenile corrections facility property near Whitmore Lake north of Ann Arbor could be transformed into a Michigan National Guard training center. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law Senate Bill 478 to transfer 93 acres of land in Livingston County’s Green Oak Township from the Michigan Department of Corrections to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for potential use as a readiness center for the Michigan National Guard.
New plan for 7-story apartment development in Ann Arbor gets unanimous OK
ANN ARBOR, MI — Revised plans for a major apartment development next to the Whole Foods on Ann Arbor’s south side are now approved. The city’s Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night, Oct. 6, to OK changes that make the project known as The Crescent at 2525 Ann Arbor-Saline Road two stories taller, going up to seven stories. Plans now call for 287 apartments on six floors above a parking level.
Ann Arbor beginning work to stabilize B2B Trail segment after sinkhole concerns
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has announced work will begin mid-week to stabilize a closed section of the Border-to-Border Trail between the Gallup Park fishing pond and Geddes Dam. The city's parks department announced in September the trail would be closed indefinitely due to concerns about deteriorating culverts beneath the trail. City staff identified a sinkhole above one of the culverts in July and determined soil was migrating into the pipes, creating voids beneath the trail.
$787K consultant contract OK'd for implementation of new Ann Arbor land-use plan
ANN ARBOR, MI — Nearly seven months after adopting a new plan for greater housing density throughout the city, Ann Arbor is hiring a consultant firm to help implement it. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve a $786,499 contract with Stantec Consulting, plus $71,500 in contingency funds for additional services.
Ann Arbor names park after man who made history at University of Michigan in 1890
ANN ARBOR, MI — A small park next to an Ann Arbor affordable housing complex is now named after the first Black football player at the University of Michigan. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to follow the recommendation of city staff and the city's Park Advisory Commission to name the park at 2570 Dexter Road in honor of George Henry Jewett II.
Street closures OK'd for Ann Arbor trick or treat parade and other holiday events
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor streets are slated to close for more upcoming events. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve street closures for the Main Street Area Association's Trick or Treat Parade on Oct. 25 , the Ann Arbor Thanksgiving Turkey Trot on Nov. 26 and KindleFest in Kerrytown on Dec. 4. The pre-Halloween parade starts at the downtown library at noon on Oct. 25.
10th property for high-rise near University of Michigan gets initial zoning OK
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have given the initial OK to rezone another property for a high-rise development dubbed The Dean. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve D1 downtown core zoning for a rental property at 548 S Fifth Ave., adding it as a 10th property — combined with nine others — to form a roughly 49,000-square-foot development site.
Animal rights advocates offer emotional testimony as Ann Arbor takes up glue trap ban
ANN ARBOR, MI — Animal rights advocate Bee Friedlander of the Bird Center of Michigan said glue traps don’t just catch rodents. They also harm birds, she told Ann Arbor City Council members Monday night, Oct. 5. “Our staff currently still is at work at the bird center, caring for our many patients, including a house sparrow who was caught in a glue trap and admitted to our facility in late September,” she said.
Animal rights advocates offer emotional testimony as Ann Arbor takes up glue trap ban
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Ann Arbor council votes 10-1 to challenge legality of public power proposal
ANN ARBOR, MI — Voter approval of the public power proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot in Ann Arbor may set the stage for a legal challenge. City Council voted 10-1 Monday night, Oct. 5, to direct the city attorney to challenge the legality of Proposal E and its revisions to the city charter “at the appropriate time.” Council members expressed concerns the charter amendment proposed by Ann Arbor for Public Power would take City Council authority and give it to a new municipal electric utility board.
10th property for high-rise near University of Michigan gets initial zoning OK
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have given the initial OK to rezone another property for a high-rise development dubbed The Dean. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve D1 downtown core zoning for a rental property at 548 S Fifth Ave., adding it as a 10th property — combined with nine others — to form a roughly 49,000-square-foot development site.
Ann Arbor names park after man who made history at University of Michigan in 1890
ANN ARBOR, MI — A small park next to an Ann Arbor affordable housing complex is now named after the first Black football player at the University of Michigan. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to follow the recommendation of city staff and the city’s Park Advisory Commission to name the park at 2570 Dexter Road in honor of George Henry Jewett II.
Street closures OK’d for Ann Arbor Trick or Treat Parade and other holiday events
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor streets are slated to close for more upcoming events. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve street closures for the Main Street Area Association’s Trick or Treat Parade on Oct. 25, the Ann Arbor Thanksgiving Turkey Trot on Nov. 26 and KindleFest in Kerrytown on Dec. 4. The pre-Halloween parade starts at the downtown library at noon on Oct. 25.
$787K consultant contract OK’d for implementation of new Ann Arbor land-use plan
ANN ARBOR, MI — Nearly seven months after adopting a new plan for greater housing density throughout the city, Ann Arbor is hiring a consultant firm to help implement it. City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Oct. 5, to approve a $786,499 contract with Stantec Consulting, plus $71,500 in contingency funds for additional services.
Ann Arbor beginning work to stabilize B2B Trail segment after sinkhole concerns
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor has announced work will begin mid-week to stabilize a closed section of the Border-to-Border Trail between the Gallup Park fishing pond and Geddes Dam. The city’s parks department announced in September the trail would be closed indefinitely due to concerns about deteriorating culverts beneath the trail. City staff identified a sinkhole above one of the culverts in July and determined soil was migrating into the pipes, creating voids beneath the trail.
Cleanup of old gas station site in Ann Arbor making way for Treeline trail
ANN ARBOR, MI — Environmental cleanup work began Monday, Oct. 5, on a former gas station property at 800 N. Main St. north of downtown Ann Arbor. The smell of petroleum was in the air as crews dug down and unearthed several decades-old gasoline storage tanks to be hauled away on the future Treeline trail site. The remediation is being funded and overseen by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, which confirmed previous gasoline leaks into soil on the site.
Ann Arbor area state rep faces Republican challenger in bid for second term
ANN ARBOR, MI — State Rep. Morgan Foreman, D-Pittsfield Township, is seeking a second two-year term in the Michigan House of Representatives in the Nov. 3 election. She’s defending her 33rd District seat against Republican Catherine Rogers. The heavily Democratic district includes much of the southern half of Ann Arbor and stretches southwest into other parts of Washtenaw County, including Saline. Foreman won the seat with about 74% of the vote in 2024.
Ann Arbor police warn about parking scam, say QR codes go to fraudulent website
ANN ARBOR, MI — The Ann Arbor Police Department has issued a fraud alert warning the community about a parking scam. Police urge members of the public to be aware of fraudulent QR code stickers that have been discovered on several ePark machines downtown, primarily in the area around the Maynard Street parking structure. The stickers, with a “Scan to Park!” message, direct people to a fraudulent website designed to steal personal or payment information, according to police.
‘We’re baffled.’ Ann Arbor public power group calls city leaders’ reaction extreme
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor for Public Power is speaking out against city officials’ move to oppose and possibly legally challenge the group’s November ballot proposal. “We’re baffled by the City Council’s extreme and completely disproportionate reaction to Proposal E,” A2P2 Executive Director Brian Geiringer said in a statement.
Ann Arbor proposes ban on inhumane glue traps for mice and other animals
ANN ARBOR, MI — Inhumane glue traps that leave mice and other critters to suffer and die slowly soon may be banned in Ann Arbor. City Council is considering a new ordinance Monday, Oct. 5, to prohibit the use and sale of glue traps to capture or kill animals such as birds, rodents and reptiles in the city. The ban would not apply to glue traps for insects or spiders, and people still could use other types of traps, including lethal snap traps or no-kill traps.
Ann Arbor may legally challenge public power proposal
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials are considering legally challenging the public power proposal city voters are deciding in the November election. The proposal to create a city-run electric utility that could replace DTE Energy as the community’s energy provider is financially reckless, would create inconsistencies in the city charter and would burden Ann Arbor taxpayers and ratepayers, states a resolution on City Council’s agenda Monday, Oct. 5.
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