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The Ypsi-Ann Drive-In Theatre

May 25, 2023 | Business, Culture |

For three decades the tower supporting the screen of the Ypsi-Ann Drive-In Theatre loomed over...

A Parking Glut?

May 25, 2023 | Business, Government |

The pandemic’s aftereffects continue to reverberate downtown. When employees were sent home with...

Q. I’m seeing signs around town that temporarily prohibit parking for street sweeping. How often does Ann Arbor sweep its streets? A. Street sweeping has many benefits: besides making the streets look better, it lowers pollutant...

Good News/Bad News

May 25, 2023 | Business, Health |

It should have been the best of news for the Ann Arbor–based biotech company. On March 4, the New...

Fewer Forfeitures

May 25, 2023 | Government |

That was in the 1990s, when the future Ann Arbor state senator was still a U-M undergrad. But civil assets forfeitures—police agencies seizing property they believe was involved in drug dealing and other crimes—were still...

New PILOT

May 25, 2023 | Business, Government, Nonprofits, Real Estate |

In 2015, the city set a goal of creating 140 units of affordable housing each year, but so far...

Imagining Southtown

Apr 25, 2023 | Business, Community, Dine, Featured, Government |

At a white library desk in Venue, Margaret Poscher is building an empire. Peering into her laptop...

The Next Life of the Staebler Farm

Apr 25, 2023 | Community, Environment, Featured, Government |

In 1973, the nascent Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission had a handful of roadside...

Jeanice Swift’s Decade

Apr 25, 2023 | Education, Featured |

No one was expecting a global pandemic in November 2019, when voters passed a twenty-year, $1...

Arbor Lakes

Apr 25, 2023 | Business, Community |

“Three words I didn’t know when I graduated,” says Chuck Hutchins, who earned his mechanical...

Vanishing Point

Apr 25, 2023 | Business |

Last year, Ann Arbor–based Home Point Financial reported a loss of more than $160 million. As...

Tucker Rossmaessler

Apr 25, 2023 | Community, Culture, Environment, Nonprofits, Profiles |

As quarantine protocols eased in 2021, Tucker Rossmaessler took a trip that sparked an idea. At...

Question Corner | May 2023

Apr 25, 2023 | Environment |

Q. I noticed a lot of green tubes in the small valley on Glazier Way that crosses between Huron Pkwy. and Green Rd. What’s going on? A. That’s the Glazier Hills Nature Area. More than 100 different native plant species have been...