This past May 2nd, Bob Tetens, the director of the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, came to Ypsilanti at the behest of Washtenaw County Commissioner Ronnie Peterson, and explained to us why it was that, after five years, he and his team still hadn’t broken ground on the downtown recreation center that we’d all […]
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After five years of promises, Ypsi’s downtown rec center pronounced dead
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bob Tetens, David Rutledge, Linda French, Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Pete Murdock, River Walk Commons, Ronnie Peterson, soil contamination, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, Water Street, Water Street Flats, Yousef Rabhi 33 Comments
This Thursday it will be explained to us, the people of Ypsi, why it’s in our best interest to stop marketing our community, and just enjoy the prosperity that will invariably trickle down from Ann Arbor
I’ve said about all I can say about the forced merger of the Ypsilanti Area Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Ann Arbor Area Visitors and Convention Bureau. And I don’t want to subject you to yet another rant about how, in my opinion, we’re being strong-armed into accepting a deal that would transfer the over […]
The Ann Arbor News Does Not Speak For Ypsilanti, a rant from the sickbed of Mark Maynard
I’m in bed with a cold. My eyes are burning, I’m coughing up copious mounts of phlegm, and I’m grumpy as hell. And I know from experience that, when I’m in a condition such as this, I should probably refrain from blogging. But I’ve had a few swigs of extra-strength cough syrup, and I’ve convinced […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Economics, Rants, Ypsilanti Also tagged AAACVB, Alicia Ping, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ann Arbor News, economic development, hamburgers, Sidetrack, Tap Room, the sad state of journalism, YACVB, Ypsi Real, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau 93 Comments