Mark Maynard | Ypsilanti real estate

Who really paid for Ypsilanti city officials to visit China?

By Mark | September 27, 2017

While I suspect there’s still more to come out, it would appear as though the trip to China that Ypsilanti’s Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Police Chief and Economic Development Director are currently on, may not have been paid for by the Wayne State University Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA), as we had been told, […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, Amy Xue Foster, Beth Ernat, China, Chinese consulate, Dan Vogt, Detroit Metro Times, development, EB-5, economic development, ethics, International Village, John Barr, Nicole Brown, Pete Murdock, real estate, Tony DeGiusti, Water Street, Wayne State University, Wayne State University Chinese Student and Scholar Association | 76 Comments

My thoughts on International Village

By Mark | September 20, 2017

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 Commons, Water Street debt reduction millage, Water Street Sculpture Park, xenophobia, Ypsilanti City Council | 62 Comments

The unsellable houses of Bell Street, part two

By Mark | May 16, 2016

A few days ago, I posted a story here about the recent re-zoning of a neighborhood southeast of the intersection of Spring and Huron, and how, as a result, at least one homeowner on Bell Street, Erin Snyder, was finding it difficult to sell her property. [The southern stretch of Bell Street had been re-zoned […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bell Street, DTE, Erin Snyder, heavy metal, landfills, lead, MEDQ, methane, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, PMD, pollution, Production Manufacturing Distribution, real estate, Shape Ypsi, solar, SunDurance, Teresa Gillotti, toxic, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, zoning | 6 Comments

The Danger (re)Zone… the unsellable houses of Bell Street

By Mark | May 12, 2016

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 […]

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 Planning Commission, zoning, Zoning Board of Appeals | 45 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie

By Mark | August 15, 2013

Still trying to unravel the mystery of why people would choose, of their own free will, to move to Ypsilanti, I reached out to new homeowners Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie, and demanded that they submit to a formal Ypsilanti Immigration Interview. Here are the results. MARK: Was Ypsilanti just the most affordable choice, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Anne of Green Gables, Arboretum, Aubrey Parker, Ben Connor Barrie, Bike Ypsi, blogging, blogs, blowjobs, blowjobs in Township parks, cedar waxwings, Chicago, Corner brewery, coyotes, Cross Street Book Shop, Damn Arbor, dance, Darren Breen, deer, Detroit Public Library, DIA, Erika Jost, Flint, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, interviews, Jason Tallant, Leopold Brothers, Lucy Maud Montgomery, meet a blogger, native plants, New Theater Project, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, pesticide, poop, Roundup, Sidetrack, spelling, tap dancing, Teach for America, Tyler Weston, University of Michigan, used book stores, Water Street Commons, Wizard of Oz, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Downtown Library | 27 Comments

Tag Archives: Ypsilanti real estate

Who really paid for Ypsilanti city officials to visit China?

My thoughts on International Village

The unsellable houses of Bell Street, part two

The Danger (re)Zone… the unsellable houses of Bell Street

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie

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