A few months ago, when I was in Grand Rapids, attending the annual BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) conference, I had the occasion to hear a speech given by the city’s Mayor, George Heartwell. I can’t find my notes at the moment, but I seem to recall that, buried somewhere in the long […]
Tag Archives: Water Street Redevelopment Project
Grand Rapids shows us how economic development is done right… home-grown food entrepreneurship over dollar stores
Keep Mike Eller off City Council…. tell your friends!
Yesterday, shortly after I announced that I’d be hosting a fundraiser for FLY Children’s Art Center at Woodruff’s on September 8, someone left a comment on the site, alerting me to the fact that the Katie Whitehouse, the director of FLY, had a Mike Eller sign in her front yard. “I can’t believe the head […]
Is building a new Washtenaw County Rec Center on Water Street a good thing for Ypsi?
As you know, there’s been some talk of building a new Washtenaw County recreation complex in downtown Ypsi, on the seemingly cursed parcel of land commonly referred to as Water Street. I wasn’t going to post anything about it, as I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other, but, seeing as how […]
Buying TV ads
There’s a fascinating piece on Slate today by Seth Stevenson. It’s about Google’s new television ad buying interface, which essentially makes it possible for individuals to launch their own television ad campaigns for as little as $100. Stevenson, as you’ll see in the below video, creates a campaign for a fake website, and, for a […]
Cheating the tax man, or maybe not
Yesterday, local blogger Steve Pierce, on his YpsiNews.com site, broke the news that Ypsilanti real estate developer and landlord Stewart Beal owed the City $86,068.80 in back taxes. He later revised the number to be $84,136.96. The error, he said, was “made by the reporter,” by which I assume he means himself… Here’s a clip […]