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

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 […]

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Bank places Dave Curtis’s entertainment district up for sale

It’s being reported tonight that the Washington Street buildings owned by Dave Curtis – the ones housing his bars, the Savoy and Pub 13 – are up for sale. The following clip comes from AnnArbor.com: The recent closings of two downtown Ypsilanti bars took a permanent turn this week after the lender listed both the […]

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The closing of the Savoy, and the launch of Woodruff’s

As most of you know by now, the Savoy – the Washington Street club managed by Andy “tight pants” Garris – has closed its doors. As I understand it, there were a number of issues, but, in the end, it was the building owner’s non-payment of electrical bills that did them in. But, downtown’s loss […]

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Solar Ypsi

Our friend Dave Strenski was recently featured on Concentrate, talking about his Solar Ypsi initiative. Here’s the video, which is pretty cool… Congratulations, Dave, on the well-earned recognition.

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Ypsi Solar City Hall update

I just received the following update from Ypsi Solar’s Dave Strenski and thought that I’d pass it along: Ypsilanti’s City Hall solar graphs are now online. You can find the graphs here. Many thanks to EMU student Nik Estep for doing a wonderful job on the SolarYpsi.org website… As expected, the solar panels are only […]

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