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, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, Water Street, Yousef Rabhi |
Over the past several weeks, it’s come to light that Water Street, the 38-acre parcel of downtown, riverfront property that the City of Ypsilanti has been trying to develop for the past 16 years, may be significantly more toxic than we’d previously been led to believe. What follows is the first of what I’m hoping […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged arsenic, Baseline Environmental Assessment, Beth Ernat, Biltmore, Border to Border Trail, brownfield, Brownfield plan, chemicals, Cheryl Farmer, DDCC, development, Document of Due Care and Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Farm Bureau, lead, MEDQ, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, MSHDA, native prairie, oxic Control Substances Act of 1976, PCBs, pollution, toxic environment, VOCs, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Water Street Sculpture Park, West Forest |
By Mark | September 29, 2014
The Ann Arbor News has a story today about affordable housing in Ann Arbor, and how it’s becoming harder and harder to come by, with Section 8 housing increasingly transitioning to “market rate.” The article revolves around a woman by the name of Megan Mishler, who recently had to relocate to Ypsilanti Township when her […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, Ann Arbor Housing Commission, Herman Kittle Properties, Jennifer Hall, low-income housing, Megan Mishler, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, MSHDA, poverty, section 8, segregation, shepard145, Water Street, wealth inequality |
Ypsilanti City Council member Peter Murdock took to Facebook earlier this evening with the following defense of Water Street Flats, the controversial affordable housing development being proposed for downtown. As I know that many of you abstain from Facebook, as it reminds you of the fact that your friends have more interesting lives than you […]