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Ypsilanti to consider emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow facilities

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Posted: 5 hours ago

The Ypsilanti City Council will consider an emergency ordinance Tuesday to impose a moratorium on the issuance of permits and licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries and grow facilities. Read more »

BurgerFi restaurant plans to open near University of Michigan's campus

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Posted: 5 hours ago

BurgerFi, a Florida-based restaurant chain that sells all-natural hamburgers made with grass-fed beef, is preparing to open near the University of Michigan’s campus. Read more »

14-story Huron Street high-rise expected back on Ann Arbor City Council agenda tonight

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Posted: 18 hours ago

Due to a technicality, the controversial 413 E. Huron St. high-rise development is expected back on the Ann Arbor City Council's agenda at tonight's meeting. Read more »

Michigan startups attract $242 million in venture capital funding in 2012

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Posted: 19 hours ago

Contrary to the popular entrepreneurial storyline of meteoric rises and quick massive growth, the Michigan venture capital industry continued to grow at a reasonable and steady pace in 2012. Read more »

michigan radio: Michigan distilleries gaining momentum thanks to craft cocktail movement

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Posted: 19 hours ago

The Last Word co-owners Paul Drennan, Adam Lowenstein, Robben Schulz, Justin Herrick, stand behind the bar filled with specialty drink mixers. The locavore movement has changed the way many of us think about how and ... Read more »

Great Lake Chinese Seafood Restaurant on Carpenter Road closes

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Posted: 20 hours ago

Landlord Mun Gee said the owners closed due to personal issues she could not comment on. Gee said her family has owned the property since 1987 and that the restaurant had been open for 19 years before closing earlier this month. Read more »

Public invited to discuss bike lanes, pedestrian crossings and transit improvements on Washtenaw Avenue

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Posted: 1 day ago

Plans for reconfiguring the Washtenaw Avenue corridor between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti will be the topic of discussion at a series of public workshops later this month. Officials from the city of Ann Arbor, Pittsfield ... Read more »

Tech Beat: Internet startup Seelio closes nearly $1 million in funding to give students Web portfolios

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Posted: 1 day ago

In the month leading up to the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, Ann Arbor startups have been attracting a number of venture capital investments. Web-based startup Seelio, short for “see my portfolio,” is one of four ... Read more »

Luxury lofts, commercial space listed for lease at Ypsilanti's Thompson Block

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Posted: 1 day ago

The Thompson Block property in Ypsilanti has officially been listed and leases and letters of intent for 16 luxury lofts and about 14,000 square feet of commercial space will be accepted over the course of the next three months. Read more »

obituary: U-M physician killed in weekend crash drew praise from colleagues, patients

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Posted: May 19, 2013

The Ann Arbor internal medicine practitioner who died in an automobile crash on I-94 Saturday was a highly decorated doctor and educator known among his University of Michigan colleagues as a "physician's physician" for his ... Read more »

obituary: Joseph T. Lovell, owner of Tidy Tom commercial cleaners, prized giving back, hockey

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Posted: May 19, 2013

When the hockey league where Joseph T. Lovell played adjusted its membership classification to 60 and over to reflect its aging rosters, some of the upstart players apparently didn't get the memo that checking was ... Read more »

Retail report: The Gown Shop wedding boutique expands on Ann Arbor's Main Street

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Posted: May 19, 2013

After two and a half years of serving brides-to-be in the Ann Arbor area, Stacy Fork is ready to expand The Gown Shop. Read more »

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