Mark Maynard

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Hess

By Mark | May 12, 2013

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a young woman who’d just moved to Ypsi from Brooklyn, after a brief layover in Ann Arbor. She was looking for studio space, and thought, I guess, that I might be able to help. I couldn’t. But, one thing led to another, and I ended up [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, artists, bandanas, Boston, bowling alley, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, comics, container gardening, Corner brewery, Erika Hess, FEASTMass, gardening, images of Mark, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, pasta salad, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, Rebecca Solnit, Riverside Park, Rob Hess, roller derby, Sherlock Holmes, Spur Studios, The Warriors, unflattering portraits, University of Michigan, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ypsi immigration interview | 30 Comments

Bicycle ice cream delivery comes to Ypsilanti… Introducing Go! Ice Cream

By Mark | April 18, 2013

In the not too distant future, thanks to the efforts of a local man by the name of Rob Hess, Ypsilantians, on hot summer days, will be able flag down a vintage bike and purchase an ice cold cone of handmade ice cream. While I’ve yet to sample his work, which I hear is incredible, [...]

Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Claydon, Bona Sera, chocolate, Dairy Queen, delivery, dessert, entrepreneurism, food carts, food delivery, food entrepreneurship, ice cream, ice cream truck, Patti Claydon, Rob Hess, sorbet, street food, summer, tricycle, vanilla, vegan, Whitmore Lake, Worksman, Ypsi entrepreneurs, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti water tower, Zingerman’s Creamery | 22 Comments

Two Frenchies on what they love about Detroit’s “Do It Ourselves” culture, and why they’re making a film about it

By Mark | July 12, 2012

A few months ago, I received a nice note from two French filmmakers, who, for some reason, had stumbled across my site and liked it. Their names were Nora Mandray and Hélène Bienvenu, and, as I’d come to learn over the course of subsequent emails, they had been living in the the area for some [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Sustainability | Also tagged Arthur K. Peters Memorial Travel Grant, Beaubien, Caspar David Friedrich, Centre National de la Cinématographie, cities, community, community coming together, decent human community, decline, Detroit je t'aime, Detroit Soup, DIO, DIY, documentary film, Fender Bender, film making, France, French Film Institute, Fulbright scholars, generation Y, Grace Lee Boggs, hackers, Hantz Farms, Hungary, ingenuity, Kickstarter, La Croix, Lafayette, metaphors, Nora Mandray, Packard Plant, parables, Paris, Paris Institute of Political Studies, post-industrial era, Recycle Here, Romain Meffre, Romantism, ruin porn, self-reliance, soup, the Detroit situation, the future of American cities, the lessons of Detroit, the parable of Detroit, UCLA, urban farming, urban food system, urban living, urban renewal, utopias, Yves Marchand | 21 Comments

Bike Ypsi celebrates another year of kicking ass with its big Spring Ride on May 6

By Mark | April 12, 2012

This summer, just a few months after their big, annual Spring Ride, our friends at Bike Ypsi will be celebrating their sixth anniversary of pedal-powered awesomeness. In light of that accomplishment, I thought that I should reach out to Natalie Holbrook and Kristen Cuhran, who were instrumental in wrangling together this highly-motivated pack of bicycle [...]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged American Friends Service Committee's Michigan Criminal Justice Program, bike friendly, bike polo, bike safety, bike shares, Bike Ypsi, bikers, Bob Krzewinski, Border to Border Trail, cider and doughnut tour, GetDowntown, Heavy Metal Tour, Hub of Detroit, invisible cyclists, Kristen Cuhran, League of Michigan Bicyclists, Natalie Holbrook, Non-Motorized Advisory Committee, Plan B bike shop, Riverside Park, Taco Tour, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, Washtenaw County Road Commission, Water Street | 16 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Adam Gainsley

By Mark | March 15, 2012

A few weeks ago, as a part of our ongoing Ypsilanti Immigration Interview project, I spoke with a young woman named Gillian Ream, who had just recently moved to Ypsilanti from Ann Arbor with her software-developer boyfriend. Well, today’s interview is with said boyfriend, Adam Gainsley. Please join me in welcoming him to Ypsilanti. MARK: [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adam Gainsley, apps. programming, Arbor Brewing Company, Bandemer Park, Barton Park, Beer Thirty, Beezy's, bike friendly, Bike Ypsi, Bird Hills, Border to Border Trail, Brown Park, Burns Park, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chick Inn, community, community activism, defining community, disk golf, entrepreneurship, Frog Island, Frog Island Music Festival, Gillian Ream, hackathons, hi-tech startups, Hill Auditorium, Holmes Road, Huron River, interviews, local income tax, Mary Beth Doyle Park, meet-ups, milkshakes, NMAC, Non-Motorized Advisory Committee, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, programmers, programming, Pub 13, Ridge Road, Save Ypsi Yes, Scott's Coffee Break, Sidetrack, social media, software, Tech Brewery, University of Michigan, walkability, walkable downtown, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, working from home, Ypsi immigration interview, Zydeco | 8 Comments

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Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Hess

Bicycle ice cream delivery comes to Ypsilanti… Introducing Go! Ice Cream

Two Frenchies on what they love about Detroit’s “Do It Ourselves” culture, and why they’re making a film about it

Bike Ypsi celebrates another year of kicking ass with its big Spring Ride on May 6

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