A few weeks ago, in an kind of oblique way, I referenced the debarking of a 400-pound slab of black walnut. Well, here, thanks to the good folks at Metromode, is a photo of me standing next to the aforementioned piece of wood in what will eventually be the Landline Creative Labs conference room at […]
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Landline Creative Labs in Metromode
Posted in 209 Pearl, Ypsilanti Also tagged black walnut, cat piss, economic development, Landline Creative Labs, Metromode, Michigan Avenue, urine 15 Comments
The Ypsilanti Garbage Report… Chapter Two: The DDA Responds
Last night, I vented online about the trash situation in downtown Ypsi, and, quite rightly, I was called out for it by Downtown Development Authority Treasurer Adam Gainsley, who asked in a comment why I hadn’t reached out to anyone at the DDA for their side of the story. Following, with his consent, is our […]
Posted in Local Business, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adam Gainsley, Brian Brinkley, budget cuts, City Council, DDA, Downtown Development Authority, dumpsters, Eli Morrissey, fee for service, fee for use, Heikkinen, Joe Meyers, John Cool, landlords, Maurer Management, public safety, public utilities, Stewart Beal, trash, Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority 33 Comments
Trash, go pick it up…
Apparently the day I left town for vacation all hell broke loose on the Ypsilanti garbage front. No sooner had I arrived on the west coast last week than I began receiving emails and texts from people alerting me to the fact that our downtown thoroughfares, thanks to a change in City policy, were quickly […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged DDA, Downtown Development Authority, Go Ice Cream, New York Dolls, Stewart Beal, trash, Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority 26 Comments