Almost five years ago now, I interviewed a new transplant to Ypsi by the name of Lee Azus as part of our ongoing Ypsilanti Immigration series. Azus, a former San Francisco bookstore owner, as you might recall, was anxious to hit the ground running and really get to know this community which he had chosen […]
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The pressing need for affordable housing in Ann Arbor, the team behind Ypsi’s new HP Jacobs mural, and boy reporter Tom Perkins… on this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack
In 2014, Washtenaw County contracted with Virginia-based consultant Rob Krupicka to study housing affordability across the County, and, in January of this year, he presented his findings in a report, which he delivered to officials in Ann Arbor. In his report, Krupicka warned of the instability that would invariably result if, as Ann Arbor continued […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Affordable Housing and Economic Equity Analysis, Brett Lenart, Chuck Warpehoski, economic segregation, Harriet Street, Housing Access for Washtenaw County, HP Jacobs, Lynne Settles, Mary Jo Callan, Matt Siegfried, Michael Appel, murals, Perkins Pickles, Rob Krupicka, Tom Perkins, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Water Street 25 Comments
Housing incentives for municipal employees… is now the right time?
A few days ago, in a post about the recent string of downtown burglaries, I noted that, given that we have fewer police on the streets these days due to budget cuts, it might help if those police officers that we did have working for the City, actually lived here. I don’t know that it […]
Posted in Detroit, Ideas, Ypsilanti Also tagged Eastern Michigan University, Elvis Costello, EMU, getting more local employees to live in Ypsilanti, housing incintives, Lee Azus, Live Downtown, municipal employees, Murph, police brutality, puppet public service employees, residency, residency rule, Susan Martin, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township 21 Comments