Tag Archives: Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission

After five years of promises, Ypsi’s downtown rec center pronounced dead

By Mark | August 9, 2016

This past May 2nd, Bob Tetens, the director of the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, came to Ypsilanti at the behest of Washtenaw County Commissioner Ronnie Peterson, and explained to us why it was that, after five years, he and his team still hadn’t broken ground on the downtown recreation center that we’d all […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bob Tetens, Conan Smith, David Rutledge, Linda French, Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Pete Murdock, River Walk Commons, Ronnie Peterson, soil contamination, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Water Street, Water Street Flats, Yousef Rabhi | 33 Comments

State Rep. David Rutledge to Washtenaw County Parks and Rec Commission Director Bob Tetens on the long stalled Eastside Recreation Center: “There are all kinds of ways that this could happen now if there was the will to do it… There is no will to see this done”

By Mark | May 2, 2016

Earlier this evening there was a public meeting on the status of the long–delayed Ypsilanti recreation center. I’m not sure what the impetus was for the meeting, or how long it had been in the works, but the whole thing, at least from my perspective, seemed to be thrown together at the last minute. The […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Beth Ernat, Bob Tetens, David Rutledge, Eastside Recreation Center, Lois Richardson, Mary Lou Murray recreation center, Ralph Lange, Ronnie Peterson, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners | 27 Comments

Bike Ypsi celebrates another year of kicking ass with its big Spring Ride on May 6

By Mark | April 12, 2012

This summer, just a few months after their big, annual Spring Ride, our friends at Bike Ypsi will be celebrating their sixth anniversary of pedal-powered awesomeness. In light of that accomplishment, I thought that I should reach out to Natalie Holbrook and Kristen Cuhran, who were instrumental in wrangling together this highly-motivated pack of bicycle […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged American Friends Service Committee's Michigan Criminal Justice Program, bike friendly, bike polo, bike safety, bike shares, Bike Ypsi, bikers, bikes, Bob Krzewinski, Border to Border Trail, cider and doughnut tour, GetDowntown, Heavy Metal Tour, Hub of Detroit, invisible cyclists, Kristen Cuhran, League of Michigan Bicyclists, Natalie Holbrook, Non-Motorized Advisory Committee, Plan B bike shop, Riverside Park, Taco Tour, Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition, Washtenaw County Road Commission, Water Street | 16 Comments

State of the City of Ypsilanti 2012 — the Five-Year Plan

By Mark | April 3, 2012

The following was just sent out by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. As I don’t know if it will get picked up in what remains of our local press, I thought that I should reprint it here, so that people could share it by way of Facebook, etc. That, of course, doesn’t help the thousands of […]