Heading into the last election, I didn’t pay a lot of attention to local races. I, of course, did my research on the local candidates and ballot initiatives that I’d be voting on, but, for the most part, I focused on national races, trying, as best I could, to help the Democrats take back the […]
Tag Archives: Water Street Commons
Ann Arbor votes for an unfunded downtown park over density and affordable housing
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized Also tagged affordable housing, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor Central Park Ballot Committee., Ann Arbor City Council, Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-growth, Core Spaces, density, economic development, Fifth Avenue, Jessica Letaw, Library Lot, Linh Song, Mary Jo Callan, parking lots, parks, Proposal A, public education, public space, Saturday Six Pack, segregation, social mobility, Urban Park and Civic Center Commons, urban parks, Voters for a Responsible Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, wealth inequality, Will Hathaway, Ypsilanti 172 Comments
My thoughts on International Village
Yesterday, someone on Twitter called me out for being silent on the subject of International Village, the $350+ million dollar retail and housing development being proposed for Ypsilanti’s 36-acre Water Street property. According to this person, who was posting under a pseudonym, my silence on the matter was “deafening.” It’s something I’ve heard several times […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Architecture, Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Amanda Edmonds, Beijing, Brian Robb, brownfield, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, China, Chinese investment, condominiums, corruption, County Farm Park, Dan Vogt, Eastside Recreation Center, EB-5, economic development, economic segregation, environmental injustice, gentrification, International Village, luxury housing, money laundering, native plants, public health air quality, real estate, remediation, respirators, seed bombing, SHIFT, silence, student housing, tax credits, Troy, Veridian, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Water Street Sculpture Park, xenophobia, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti real estate 62 Comments
Water Street closed due to PCBs
I went to take the dog for a walk this evening and came across the above sign. I had no idea what was going on until I arrived home and found the following note posted to Facebook. THE BORDER TO BORDER TRAIL LOCATED ON THE WATER STREET DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY The […]
Posted in Environment, Ypsilanti Also tagged PCBs, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Water Street 14 Comments