Every once in a while someone I don’t know hands me something and asks me to publish it on this site. Until today, however, I don’t think that I’ve actually ever done it. I’ve never taken something that I’ve found scrawled on a piece of paper and stuck in my mailbox, and posted it. An […]
Tag Archives: Ypsilanti Planning Commission
The Danger (re)Zone… the unsellable houses of Bell Street
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bell Street, Bonnie Wessler, contamination, environmental injustice, environmental racism, Erin Snyder, fair housing, Habitat for Humanity, Huron Street, landfills, PMD, poverty, Production Manufacturing Distribution, property values, soil contamination, Spring Street, toxic environment, Ypsilanti Housing Commission, Ypsilanti real estate, zoning, Zoning Board of Appeals 45 Comments
Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Kelly Weger and Bethany Schultz
While they’re not yet completely divested of Ypsilanti, Kelley Weger and Bethany Schultz are well on their way to being former residents of this town we’re all so fond of. What follows is their official exit interview. MARK: What were the circumstances around your first coming to Ypsilanti? KELLY: I came to town for the […]
SEMCOG’s Carmine Palumbo talks trains in Ypsi
I don’t have a lot of time tonight, but I attended this evening’s Ypsilanti Planning Commission meeting, which was largely about the east-west rail line, and I wanted to pass along my notes. So, here are the highlights, as I heard them. Make of them what you will. And feel free to add comments, questions, […]
Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged AATA, Amtrak, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Canadian National, Carmine Palumbo, Chicago, Conrad Shared Assets, Dearborn, Dennis Dahlman, Detroit, Friends of the Freighthouse, Granholm, Heritage Festival, MDOT, Norfolk Southern, Pontiac, Richard Murphy, SEMCOG, stimulus, Thompson Block, Ypsilanti Freighthouse 42 Comments