On Tuesday, June 16, Ypsi City Council will vote on the creation of a single DDA board to oversee what had previously been the purview of two. I’m sure the politics behind it are messy, as the two areas – Downtown and Depot Town – have always been, to some extent, competitive, but it seems […]
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Shovelgate: City Hall edition
The following post is going to be extremely uninteresting to the majority of the audience, who, I’m sure, could care less about the intricacies of snow removal policy in a small, struggling midwestern town. For those of you who fall into that category, I give you this link to an article about an asteroid the […]
Ypsi Shovelgate: Meltdown Edition
For those of you not following the conversation that developed in the comments section after my last post on the Shovelgate controversy, a lot has happened. It’s really too much to cram into a single post, but here, as I understand it, is the gist of it. 348 people were sent bills from the Building […]
Update on Ypsi urban farming
According to our friend Brackache, it looks as though local farming rights activist Peter Thomason has lost his court case with the City. Now it looks as though it’s up to City Council, who will be discussing the legalization of urban chickens, goats and bees during their February 17 meeting. Those interested in getting more […]