Tag Archives: Ann Arbor SPARK

One month from today, assuming you win the auction, you could be the proud owner of Ypsilanti’s Smith Furniture Building… If so, what’ll you do with it?

By Mark | August 11, 2013

It looks as though Ypsi’s long neglected Smith Furniture Building (15 South Washington Street), after years of sitting idle in the hands of a local property speculator, may finally be coming back in play. After years of urging by the City, James Pate, the owner of the 25,000 square foot building, which was originally constructed […]

Posted in History, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged auction, Dennis Dahlman, Eric Maurer, food incubator, James Pate, Karen Maurer, Maurer Management, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Market, property speculation, Public Market, Smith Furniture, Smith furniture building, SPARK East, Ypsilanti real estate | 21 Comments

Inside Ann Arbor’s Workantile coworking community

By Mark | April 2, 2013

118 South Main Street in Ann Arbor is home to a coworking community known as Workantile. Over the last several years, I’ve probably scratched out notes to myself half a dozen times, reminding me that I needed to hunt down the folks in charge and interview them for the site. Well, a few days ago, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged agoraphobia, ArbCamp, aversion therapy, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Brian Kerr, Chamber of Commerce, co-working, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, corporate subsidies, coworking, Coworking Society LLC, Dave Nelson, Dug Song, Ed Shaffran, entrepreneurship, freelancers, independent business, Indy Hall, IT Zone, Jelly, L3C, microcoworking, Mike Kessler, OCD, panic disorder, pêche à la frog, Pete Larson, Philadelphia, Primo Coffee, remote employees, Seed Toledo, solopreneurs, Starbucks, Systems in Motion, Tech Brewery, Tom Brandt, Trek Glowacki, work, Workantile, Workantile Exchange | 36 Comments

Ypsi’s Karen and Eric Maurer challenge Snyder on brownfield and historic preservation tax credits

By Mark | March 8, 2011

Local real estate developers Eric and Karen Maurer were featured in today’s Detroit Free Press, in an article about the Governor’s recent decision to eliminate tax credits like those which were utilized to restore several of the buildings along Ypsilanti’s Michigan Avenue corridor. In the following clip, you’ll not only hear the Maurers’ point of […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, Eric Maurer, Historic Preservation tax credits, Karen Maurer, Mack & Mack Building, Maurer Management, MEDC, Michigan Avenue, Mike Finney, Richard Murphy, Rick Snyder, SPARK East, Water Street | 24 Comments

Ypsi business plan competition

By Mark | April 28, 2010

I just received the following from Ann Arbor SPARK and thought that I’d pass it along… If you’ve got an idea for a technology-based business, this might be a great opportunity to both get some exposure, and some free business development services. On June 4, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Ann Arbor SPARK, the region’s driving force of […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber, business acceleration, business incubation, business incubators, business plan competitions, business plans, Eastern Michigan University College of Business, Eastside Innovation Campus, EIC, Michigan Works, Procurement Technical Assistance Center, PTAC, Small Business and Technology Development Center, SPARK East, Washtenaw County | 4 Comments

Advanced wind turbine company looking to launch in Michigan

By Mark | June 8, 2009

I don’t know where the right fit is – whether it’s something more suitable to the Water Street development, the site of the former Visteon plant on 94, or the piece of property across from the Corner Brewery still owned by the Motor Wheel Corporation – but I have to think that one of those […]