This week’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack was an odd one. It started normal enough, with an in-depth discussion about the plot hatched in Ann Arbor to defund Ypsi’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, but then it kind of began a steady descent into madness, until, by the end of the show, we were pulling […]
Tag Archives: 7-Eleven
According to a source, I was right about 7-Eleven and Starbucks considering Ypsi
Remember how, a couple of days ago, when talking about the new retail development taking shape on Cross Street, right across from Eastern Michigan University, I said that I thought that it was likely the developer, O’Neal Construction, was already in negotiations with Starbucks and 7-Eleven? Well, if I’m to believe this email that I […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-globalization, Bryant Simon, coffee, Cross Street, Eagle's Market, Eastern Michigan University, economic development, EMU, Everything But the Coffee, franchises, globalization, indy retail, La Fiesta Mexicana, O'Neal Construction, retail in Ypsilanti, Starbucks, Sweetwaters, Tower Inn, Trenta, Ugly Mug 56 Comments
The future of Cross Street
AnnArbor.com has a story today about O’Neal Construction buying up the block of Cross Street that used to house Ted’s Campus Drugs and our local art supply store, Art Attack. Judging from the comments following the article, I’d say that people are happy to see the project in the hands of O’Neal, which was the […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Andrew O’Neal, Art Attack, business ideas, buy local, Cafe Ollie, Cross Street Station, Eastern Michigan University, economic development, food service in Ypsilanti, franchises, Kerrytown, local economy, microfiche cafe, O'Neal Construction, Patrick Elkins, press pass, Quizno's, retail in Ypsilanti, Starbucks, Ted Tangalakis, Ted's Campus Drugs, the future of Ypsilanti, typewriters, Ugly Mug, Ypsilanti water tower 26 Comments