Every episode of the Saturday Six Pack, toward the end, devolves into chaos. It’s been that way since we first started the show. We begin each episode with the best of intentions, but, somewhere along the line, things start to careen off in a direction that would wouldn’t have thought possible just a few hours […]
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The desperate need for affordable housing in Ann Arbor, the story of the black history mural that brought the community together, and nudity on the radio… on episode 32 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Affordable Housing and Economic Equity Analysis, art, Avalon Housing, black history, Brett Lenart, Chuck Warpehoski, Colin Moorhouse, Douglas Jones, economic segregation, Elijah McCoy, HP Jacobs, Lynne Settles, Mary Jo Callan, Matt Siegfried, Minus9, murals, nudity, Platt Road, public art, public nudity, Rob Krupicka, The Who Guy, Tom Perkins, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, YCS, Ypsi Underground, Ypsilanti Community Schools 27 Comments
Ann Arbor City Council’s Chuck Warpehoski, acknowledging the discrepancy between Ypsi and Ann Arbor schools, says he’ll begin donating to the Ypsi Community Schools Foundation
On this past weekend’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack, during a discussion on the growing economic divide betweeen Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Avalon Housing’s Michael Appel brought up the idea of merging the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti school districts. This, he said, echoing the findings of the County’s recently issued report on affordable housing […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Education, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Affordable Housing and Economic Equity Analysis, Chuck Warpehoski, economic equity, education reform, inequality, Nancy Shore, public education, social mobility, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti Community Schools Foundation 28 Comments
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, Housing Access for Washtenaw County, HP Jacobs, Lynne Settles, Mary Jo Callan, Matt Siegfried, murals, Perkins Pickles, Rob Krupicka, Tom Perkins, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Water Street 25 Comments