The 2nd Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council is shaping up with incumbent Tony Derezinski and his primary challenger both making their campaigns official. Derezinski announced earlier this week he filed with the city clerk's office to seek re-election to a third term on council. Democratic challenger Sally ...
Sabra Briere didn't mince words Monday night as she sounded off on the University of Michigan's renewed plans to build a parking garage near Wall Street. The 1st Ward Ann Arbor City Council member spoke toward the beginning of the council's regular meeting, voicing disapproval that U-M is once again ...
The Ann Arbor City Council voted 7-4 early Tuesday morning to approve a four-party agreement that lays the framework for creation of a new countywide transit authority. The decision came toward the end of a six-hour meeting, the majority of which was spent discussing the agreement with the Ann Arbor ...
Depending on who you listened to, the new transit center that the city of Ann Arbor wants to build on Fuller Road was either a visionary concept that would propel our city in the the 21st century of transportation, or a glorified parking structure that would primarily benefit the University ...
The University of Michigan's decision to halt plans for a parking structure as part of Fuller Road Station leaves Ann Arbor officials contemplating the proposed transit center's future. Some, including Council Member Mike Anglin and the Huron Valley Group of the Sierra Club, argue the city should shift its attention ...
We should keep the train station in Ann Arbor where it is and reject Fuller Road as a new site. With change comes opportunity. The recent decision by the University of Michigan to pull out of the Fuller Road Station agreement with the City of Ann Arbor offers us a ...
The city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan announced today they're halting plans for the first phase of Fuller Road Station as presently designed.
Ann Arbor is poised for a significant transformation that might not be readily apparent to the casual observer, and 2012 could be the year that a few major initiatives get going. Thousands of new beds are being added in and around the downtown with a wave of new housing developments, ...
In a new column that appears in The Ann magazine, Joan Lowenstein, a former 2nd Ward Ann Arbor City Council member and current Downtown Development Authority board member, offers a harsh critique of residents she suggests stand in the way of progress.
The Ann Arbor Public Art Commission is putting an art project on hold after continued delays with the city's Fuller Road Station project. Aaron Seagraves, the city's public art administrator, addressed the issue at Wednesday's meeting of the art commission.
Related story: With poll: $35K boost in public art administrator's contract recommended to Ann Arbor City Council Ann Arbor is moving forward with several public art projects, including a mural in Allmendinger Park and a suspended work of art in the new Justice Center. The city also is considering the ...
Ann Arbor City Council candidates Stephen Rapundalo and Jane Lumm see a clear distinction between each other's platforms as they head toward the Nov. 8 election.
It could take up to two decades to establish an advanced transit system connecting the University of Michigan's North Campus, Fuller Road Station and downtown Ann Arbor, a Maryland-based consultant told the Ann Arbor City Council Monday night. "It often takes five to 20 years to get a system like ...
U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, today commended the Federal Railroad Administration for releasing $2.8 million in funding for a new train station in Ann Arbor. The previously announced funding will allow Ann Arbor to begin engineering and environmental documentation required to design and construct a new intercity and high-speed rail ...
In all the debate over the Fuller Road Station project, one question has gone unasked: does the University of Michigan need more parking? Leaving aside the issue of the City of Ann Arbor’s stake, is continued parking expansion in the interest of the university itself?
Esther Choi says there have been countless times when members of her family had their lives threatened while simply trying ......
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