On Saturday I posted something here about the plight of the homeless during this week’s polar vortex, which, as I understand it, has brought temperatures near levels not experienced in the region since the 1880s. My intention had been to share a comprehensive list of resources available to those in our community who were without […]
Tag Archives: Dave Askins
Increasing options for our neighbors without either heat or shelter
Posted in Ann Arbor, Health, Uncategorized Also tagged Alpha House, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ann Arbor City Council, Civil War, Cold, Community Support and Treatment Services, CSTS, Delonis Center, First Presbyterian Church, Greg Pratt, HAWC, heat, homeless, homeless encampments, homelessness, Hope Clinic, Housing Access for Washtenaw County, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Mary Jo Callan, mental illness, Mission A2, New Vision’s Engagement Center, Office of Economic and Community Development, Ozone House, philanthropy, polar vortex, PORT, Project Outreach Team, public health, public health emergency, Salvation Army, SOS Community Services, Staples Center, Steve Powers, substance abuse 20 Comments
AnnArbor.com cuts staff considerably, laying off 14
They’re not really talking about it on the AnnArbor.com site, but on Friday they laid off 14 employees. According to Michigan Radio, this leaves about 20 or so people in their newsroom. (The old Ann Arbor News, from what I’m told, had approximately 75 reporters in their newsroom.) Among those let go were lead blogger […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Uncategorized Also tagged Advance Publications, Amalie Nash, Ann Arbor Chronicle, AnnArbor.com, Bison Messink, Detroit Free Press, Ed Vielmetti, James Dickson, Jeff Arnold, Kaleb Roedel, Lon Horwedel, Mary Morgan, Matt Kraner, maximize profits, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, Renee Tellez, S.I. Newhouse, Stefanie Murray, Sunday circular, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Tony Dearing 42 Comments
Ignite Ann Arbor
In 2006, in Seattle, as the story goes, two technology geeks – Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis – got the idea to take the Japanese phenomena known as Pecha Kucha and repackage it for technologists and DIYers. They called the event, sponsored by O’Reilly Media and Make magazine, Ignite, and, since then, it’s been growing […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ideas, Other Also tagged Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Chronicle, AnnArbor.com, Aydin Akcasu, Bob Stack, Brad Boegler, Brady Forrest, Brandon Dimcheff, Bre Pettis, camping gear, co-working, Dianne Marsh, DIY, Eric Jankowski, Git, Heidi Kumao, Ignite, James Deakins, Japan, Kyle Mulka, Laura Fisher, Make magazine, NOAA weather satellite imagery, O’Reilly Media, Pecha Kucha, Seattle, Stefanie Murray, technology, Twitter, Wii, Women in Computer Science, Zach Steindler 3 Comments