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State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

By Mark | March 5, 2013

The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, gun control, guns, Hamilton Crossing, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, porn, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, Smith Furniture, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning | 47 Comments

The Wurst Bar’s Jesse Kranyak marks his first year as an Ypsilanti restaurant owner by spilling his bratwurst-filled guts

By Mark | January 7, 2013

One year ago this month, the Wurst Bar opened its doors in Ypsi. To commemorate the event, I thought that I’d interview the bar’s owner, Jesse Kranyak, and see how things have gone since we last spoke… MARK: I’m not sure if you want for it to be public knowledge, but you’ve mentioned to me [...]

Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Marketing, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol sales, Bar Rescue, bratwurst, Chopped, College Place, Dan Klenotic, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, entrepreneurism, food entrepreneurship, foodie, Jesse Kranyak, Julia Child, Kelley's Island House, lobster rolls, restaurant ideas, restaurants, Sweetwaters, trough urinals, Upper Peninsula, urinals, Wurst Bar, Ypsi entrepreneurs | 15 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Leggz

By Mark | November 12, 2012

Yet another Ypsilantian, a member of the band Manhole, has pulled up stakes and left Ypsilanti for the mythical paradise of Portland, where, according to legend, “young people go to retire.” Here’s my interview with the tall, quiet man we all knew as Leggz. MARK: What’s your name? I mean, I know you as Leggz, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Christopher Leggz Pierce, Derek Smalls, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, exit interviews, Frank Blunt, Hollis Knight Coats, I think we're alone now, Kissimmee, Leggz, Manhole, Muskegon, Tiffany, VG Kids, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 14 Comments

The trees of Ypsilanti and how you can do your part to help them on Saturday

By Mark | April 27, 2012

For the past several months, I’d been thinking about interviewing someone in City government about the trees that were planted along Cross Street as part of the recent $1 million streetscaping project. (I like trees.) For some reason, though, I’d kept putting it off until yesterday, when, in a fit of late night inspiration, I [...]

Posted in Agriculture, Food, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, berries, buckthorn, Casey Dixon, Common Bald Cypress, Corylus Colurna, crabapples, Department of Public Services, Depot Town, DTE, economic development, evil trees, fruit trees, Gilbert Park, Global Warming, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, healthy food access, invasive species, Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac, Jamie Nauta, MDOT, Michigan Works, mind control, nut trees, Park Street, Peninsular Park, pruning, Rachel Blistein, Riverside Park, streetscape, Syringa Reticulata, Taxodium Distichum, Teresa Gillotti, Tilia Cordata, tree of heaven, trees, Turkish Filbert, vermin, Ypsi Tree Nursery | 23 Comments

State of the City of Ypsilanti 2012 — the Five-Year Plan

By Mark | April 3, 2012

The following was just sent out by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. As I don’t know if it will get picked up in what remains of our local press, I thought that I should reprint it here, so that people could share it by way of Facebook, etc. That, of course, doesn’t help the thousands of [...]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826Michigan, Brewers’ Guild Beer Summer Festival, budget cuts, Cafe Ollie, City Income Tax Feasibility Analysis, Crossroads Summer Music Festival, Eastern Michigan University, Ed Korzyno, Elvisfest, EMU, Friends of Rutherford pool, Hamilton Crossing, Heritage Festival, Hope Clinic, HUD Community Challenge Planning Grant, J. Neil's Mongolian Grill, local income tax, Mellencamp Building, Meri Lou Murray Recreation Center, Michigan Ladder, Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, Michigan State Treasurer’s Office, Mittenfest, Mix Market, Model Cave, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, property taxes, Red Rock Downtown Barbeque, Riverside Park, Rutherford Pool, State of the City, taxes, Theo’s Bar, Thompson Block, Washtenaw Avenue, Washtenaw County Farm Park, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, Washtenaw Feeding Corridor, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Woodruff's, Wurst Bar, Ypsilanti City budget, Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority | 36 Comments

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State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

The Wurst Bar’s Jesse Kranyak marks his first year as an Ypsilanti restaurant owner by spilling his bratwurst-filled guts

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Leggz

The trees of Ypsilanti and how you can do your part to help them on Saturday

State of the City of Ypsilanti 2012 — the Five-Year Plan

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