Tag Archives: Project Grow

Protecting Ypsilanti’s community-owned assets from the Emergency Financial Manger… Have we done everything that we can to prepare?

By Mark | March 3, 2012

A little while ago, in an exchange with Jill Morey, the director of the Ypsilanti District Library, the subject came up of what would likely happen to the downtown library building, should an Emergency Financial Manager be appointed to takeover the City of Ypsilanti, and charged with liquidating our communal assets. Thankfully, we were told [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged community assets, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Friends of Rutherford pool, Friends of the Freighthouse, income tax, Jill Morey, local income tax, Parkridge Community Center, Pontiac, public school challenges, Richard Murphy, Riverside Arts Center, Stop City Income Tax, Water Street, Ypsi neighborhood associations, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsi Senior Center, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 26 Comments

Growing Hope responds to CityFARM with the announcement of a similar service

By Mark | February 28, 2012

Amanda Edmonds, the executive director of the local urban farming non-profit Growing Hope just sent in the following letter in response to my recent post about real estate developer Stewart Beal’s newly launched, somewhat competitive, largely for-profit entity, CityFARM. Many, many community members and partners have come to me this past week with concerns about [...]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, CityFARM, Food Gatherers, food security, Ginny Golembewski, Growing Hope, Growing Hope Center, healthy food access, Lauren Maloney, Lisa Bashert, local food, local food production, local non-profits, Michigan Works, new models for non-profits, raised bed gardening, social enterprise, Stewart Beal, urban farming, vegetables | 17 Comments

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