By Mark | February 29, 2016
I’ve fallen behind in my write-ups of past episodes. I’m sorry about that. I thought, since we were off the air these last two weeks, I’d get caught up, but other things kept getting in the way. [Speaking of which, I may have something relatively big to announce in a few week’s time.] Last night, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ABKCO, Allen Klein, Alma Wheeler Smith, Anne Brown, Apple Corps, Arista Records, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Betty Green, birth weight, Blank Generation, Blondie, CBGB, Clive Davis, Czechoslovakia, Danny Fields, David Rutledge, Debbie Harry, Dee Dee Ramone, Herman’s Hermits, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, injustice, Ivan Kral, Jim Cherewick, Luger, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan's 54th district, New York, New York City, North Washington Street, oral history, Patti Smith, Pete Larson, Pete Lason, public health, punk, punk rock, punks, Ramones, Rick Snyder, Rolling Stones, Steffan Graf, The Beatles, The Patti Smith Group, Water Street, William Milliken, Ypsi Real, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilantian of the Year |
Late last year, the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED) moved from Ann Arbor to downtown Ypsilanti. Following is a brief conversation I just had with Mary Jo Callan, the director of OCED, on why they decided to make the move, and what she and her organization are presently doing to help […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Local Business, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged affordable housing, Center for Labor and Community Studies, economic development, economic segregation, Eyrie, Growing Together or Drifting Apart? Economic Well-Being in Washtenaw County’s new Knowledge Economy, homelessness, income inequality, inequality, job training, Mary Jo Callan, non-motorized transportation, OCED, poverty, regional cooperation, Retail, Shape Ypsi, The Rocket, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, Water Street |
By Mark | January 30, 2010
For his years of loyal service to this great City of ours, I’d like to thank city planner Richard Murphy for a job well done. For those of you that might not have heard the news, Murph yesterday accepted a position working for Conan Smith, doing transportation/transit and transit-oriented development policy research and regional advocacy […]
Posted in Rail, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, City Planner, Conan Smith, Dave Lewinski, Michigan Suburbs Alliance, Murph, Richard Murphy, train, Water Street, Ypsilanti administration |
By Mark | January 10, 2010
Last week, in the wake of a post on urban food production and how it might help stave off the impending cannibal apocalypse, a reader by the name of KJC asked what people thought about John Hantz, and his plans to create a massive for-profit farm in the heart of downtown Detroit. As I didn’t […]
Posted in Agriculture, Detroit, Food | Also tagged Ashley Atkinson, cannibal apocalypse, Center for Economic Security, community gardens, CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Dan Carmody, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Eastern Market, eminent domain, Food & Society Conference, Greening of Detroit, high-fructose corn syrup, John Hantz, local food production, Malik Yakini, Matt Allen, Michael Hamm, Michigan State University Extension, monocultures, plantations, post-petroleum era, Thomas Jefferson |