Tag Archives: Water Street Redevelopment Project

Let’s talk about race and the Water Street Flats debate

By Mark | March 8, 2014

As I’ve stated here previously, I believe that a legitimate case can be made against Ypsilanti’s proposed Water Street Flats development. When I read stuff like this note to Ann Arbor News reporter

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, Ann Arbor News, Katrease Stafford, M-Live, race, racism, Save Ypsilanti's Water Street, Water Street Flats | 21 Comments

Water Street Flats… What are your thoughts?

By Mark | January 21, 2014

At tomorrow night’s Ypsi City Council meeting, our elected officials will be considering a proposal concerning the development of 3.14 acres at the intersection of South and River streets, on the 38-acre downtown parcel commonly referred to as Water Street. The proposal, which you can download on the City’s website, outlines the intention of Indiana-based […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged affordable housing, apartment, dollar store, economic development, Family Dollar, Herman Kittle Properties, HKP, Huron River, Indiana, River Street, South Street, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Ypsilanti City Council | 76 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Scott Straley

By Mark | July 14, 2013

Feeling as though I needed to post an awesome Ypsi Immigration Interview to counterbalance last week’s depressing Exit Interview with my friend Melissa, I started going through my email archive, looking for letters from people who had written to me over the past year, telling me that they were thinking of moving to Ypsilanti, hoping […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged adoption, California, Christine Schultz, Color Run, dollar store, EMU, Family Dollar, Fashion Institute of Technology, foster children, gay adoption, gay bars, gay marriage, gay rights, Growing Hope, Huron River, internet business, Melissa Dettloff, Morristown, New Jersey, Parkridge Community Center, perception of crime, Proposition 8, Rutherford Pool, San Bernardino, Scott Straley, seed bombing, squirrels, Water Street, Water Street Commons, web development, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti real estate | 16 Comments

Ypsi’s founding fathers envisioned a “public square” on Water Street

By Mark | June 1, 2013

I received an interesting email today from a reader concerning the acre of Water Street that we’ve been working on these past few months. Attached to the email were three images… two of which were taken from “Washtenaw County: An Illustrated History“. The person who sent the email wanted me to know that the original […]

Posted in History, Other, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1825, Augustus Woodward, commons, Core Resources, Family Dollar, John Stewart, maps, New Beginnings Academy, public space, seed bombing, Washtenaw County: An Illustrated History, Water Street, Water Street Commons, William Harwood, Ypsi history | 12 Comments

Water Street Commons, drenched in rain, begins to show signs of life

By Mark | May 29, 2013

It’s the first real rain since we seeded our acre of Water Street a few weeks ago, and I’m incredibly happy. I’d intended to go out this evening, with my friend Jeff, to dig up some spotted knapweed and put a few more transplants in the ground, but, seeing as how it’s raining, I thought […]