Tag Archives: City Council

The Ypsilanti Garbage Report… Chapter Two: The DDA Responds

By Mark | August 4, 2016

Last night, I vented online about the trash situation in downtown Ypsi, and, quite rightly, I was called out for it by Downtown Development Authority Treasurer Adam Gainsley, who asked in a comment why I hadn’t reached out to anyone at the DDA for their side of the story. Following, with his consent, is our […]

Posted in Local Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adam Gainsley, Brian Brinkley, budget cuts, DDA, Downtown Development Authority, dumpsters, Eli Morrissey, fee for service, fee for use, Heikkinen, Joe Meyers, John Cool, Karen Maurer, landlords, Maurer Management, public safety, public utilities, Stewart Beal, trash, Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority | 33 Comments

Water Street Redevelopment Project Updates and Discussion

By Mark | October 13, 2009

There’s a meeting coming up next week to discuss the “future expectations” of Ypsilanti’s infamous Water Street development. I’m tempted to make a smart-assed remark, but, truth is, there isn’t much the City can do at this point. No one in their right mind is going to invest in new construction in Michigan right now. […]

Posted in Architecture, Ideas, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged April McGrath, fast food, green buildings, green housing, Mayor Schreiber, shipping containers, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project | 43 Comments

Depot Town CDC director defends stewardship of Ypsilanti parks

By Mark | July 9, 2009

A few days ago, I raised a question here about whether or not Ypsi City Council was right to have stripped stewardship of Frog Island and Riverside parks from the Depot Town CDC. As I pointed out at the time, I think there may well have been legitimate criticism of the CDC and they way […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged Battle of Ypsitucky, City Manager, Depot Town CDC, Depot Town Community Development Corporation, Director of Public Works, Erik Dotzauer, Frog Island Park, Parks and Recreation Master Plan, public space, Riverside Park | 40 Comments

Urban chickens, local trains, and young people on the DDA

By Mark | July 8, 2009

I skipped last night’s Ypsi City Council meeting. I should have gone, but other things got in the way. From what I hear, it was dominated by talk of urban chickens, with significant numbers of both proponents and opponents coming out to let their opinions be known. In the end, it looks like the pro-chicken […]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Observations, Other, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bad metaphors, Bee Mayhew, bird flu, Brian Robb, catch 22, chicken slaughter capital of Washtenaw County, city chickens, Darryl Daniels, Dave Wheeler, DDA, James Marks, Jim Karnopp, John Coleman, John Donegan, Karen Maurer, Linda French, Lois Richardson, Michael Bodary, Move to Ypsi and Have that Extra Chicken that You Deserve, Peter Rinehart, Rene Greff, Robert M. Barnes, Sandee French, Scotty James, slaughter, Trudy Swanson, urban chickens | 21 Comments

Was Ypsi City Council right to take the parks away from the DTCDC?

By Mark | July 5, 2009

A reader of this site calling himself Andy Ypsilanti recently left the following letter to the Mayor and City Council in the comments section and I thought that I’d move it up here, as we’ve yet to really discuss whether or not the recent move by City Council to strip control of Riverside and Frog […]