By Mark | October 8, 2015
Michigan filmmaker Donald Harrison, who, up until recently, ran the Ann Arbor Film Festival, just recently purchased a home in Ypsilanti, and made the move east from Ann Arbor. Here’s our official immigration interview. MARK: Remind me when we first met… It’s been well over a decade ago now, right? DONALD: Indeed, I remember first […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Ann Arbor Film Festival, bowling, Charlie Chaplin, dating, Detroit Bowling Hall of Fame, Donald Harrison, Film, Harry Houdini, Henrietta Fahrenheit, Jennifer Albaum, Many Voices, Monticello, ping pong, public transportation, Risa Gotlib, San Francisco, Sharad Patel, Southfield, Super Sweet Social Bowling League, The Dick Van Dyke Show, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ypsi immigration interview |
By Mark | September 16, 2015
Going into tonight’s meeting of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, I thought for sure there would be a vote in favor of closing the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (YACVB), and transferring the organization’s funding to a new Ann Arbor-based entity, where it could be put to better use promoting “the Ann Arbor […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAACVB, Alicia Ping, Andy LaBarre, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, April King, Conan Smith, Dan Vogt, Eagleton, Recall Ronnie, Ronnie Peterson, Ruth Ann Jamnick, Sean Duval, Tyrone Bridges, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, YACVB, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau |
By Mark | October 20, 2014
While I have a policy against endorsing local candidates on this site, I don’t see any problem with opening up a thread and inviting those of you with strong opinions one way or another to weigh in on the various races we’ll be voting on come November 4. So, have at it… All I ask […]
By Mark | August 15, 2013
Still trying to unravel the mystery of why people would choose, of their own free will, to move to Ypsilanti, I reached out to new homeowners Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie, and demanded that they submit to a formal Ypsilanti Immigration Interview. Here are the results. MARK: Was Ypsilanti just the most affordable choice, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Anne of Green Gables, Arboretum, Aubrey Parker, Ben Connor Barrie, Bike Ypsi, blogging, blogs, blowjobs, blowjobs in Township parks, cedar waxwings, Chicago, Corner brewery, coyotes, Cross Street Book Shop, Damn Arbor, dance, Darren Breen, deer, Detroit Public Library, DIA, Erika Jost, Flint, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, interviews, Jason Tallant, Leopold Brothers, Lucy Maud Montgomery, meet a blogger, native plants, New Theater Project, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, pesticide, poop, Roundup, Sidetrack, spelling, tap dancing, Teach for America, University of Michigan, used book stores, Water Street Commons, Wizard of Oz, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Downtown Library, Ypsilanti real estate |
Late last week, when AnnArbor.com reported that Stewart Beal was changing tack relative to the Thompson Block, and going after small, unaccredited investors in order to get the stalled redevelopment project moving forward, I decided to reach out to the local developer and ask a few questions. Following are his answers. MARK: As I understand […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Depot Town, development, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, landlords, local investing, lofts, real estate, Stewart Beal, Thompson Block, Thompson Block Partners, West Michigan Lofts |
