By Mark | September 5, 2013
Last night I posted a letter on the site written by my friend Jeff. In it Jeff explained how, the previous night, a person, or persons, unknown had vandalized what we’ve come to call the Water Street Commons, tearing apart a large sculpture, defacing books in the outdoor lending library, and upending a bench that […]
Now that the seeds we planted on May Day are beginning to sprout, it’s time for us to move onto the next phase of the Water Street Commons buildout – the construction of trails. Thanks to the efforts of Ypsilanti City Planner Teresa Gillotti, and the DTE road crews that spend their days trimming and […]
Posted in Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged call to action, DTE, opportunities to volunteer, public space, seed bombing, Teresa Gillotti, trails, Water Street, Water Street Commons, wood chips, work |
I received an interesting email today from a reader concerning the acre of Water Street that we’ve been working on these past few months. Attached to the email were three images… two of which were taken from “Washtenaw County: An Illustrated History“. The person who sent the email wanted me to know that the original […]
Posted in History, Other, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1825, Augustus Woodward, Core Resources, Family Dollar, John Stewart, maps, New Beginnings Academy, public space, seed bombing, Washtenaw County: An Illustrated History, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Water Street Redevelopment Project, William Harwood, Ypsi history |
So, yesterday, as Arlo and I were chasing “Sammy the Turkey” around Feral Farm, it kind of came to me in a flash what we should be working toward on Water Street. It would take some strategizing on our part to make it work, but I think there’s a chance that, if we play all […]
Posted in Ideas, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cohousing, Core Resources, crazy ideas that just might work, economic development, Family Dollar, farmers market, Feral Farm, gentrification, Mark's big ideas, parasites, strategy, Trader Joe's, Turkey, urban planning, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Ypsi Food Co-op |
Last year, as you may recall, our friend Jeff Clark worked with noted labor historian Peter Linebaugh to produce an ambitious little book which touched on everything from the history of May Day, and the inherent vampirism of capitalism, to the life of Demetrius Ypsilanti, the hero of the Greek Civil War whom our city […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan | Also tagged Aldo Leopold, Beezy's, book making, books, Christine Hume, Christopher Camuto, circumventing the democratic process, Derrick Jensen, Edible Commons, Franklin Burroughs, friends with books, Fund for Wild Nature, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, hunting, Jack Turner, James Galvin, Jeff Clark, Jeff Irwin, Juna, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, lame duck, legislative tricks, Marybeth Holleman, May Day, McNaughton & Gunn, Natural Resouces Commission, Norm Bishop, Pure Michigan, Republicans, Rick Snyder, SB 288, Terry Tempest Williams, threats to Democracy, Tom Casperson, Tsilikomah, Ugly Mug, Upper Peninsula, wolf, wolf hunting, wolves |
