Articles tagged: North Main

Sidewalk repairs ahead: Ann Arbor plans to spend $1M in select areas this year

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Posted: Apr 05, 2013

The city of Ann Arbor is gearing up for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of city-funded sidewalk repairs expected to take place in the coming months. City officials released maps this week showing the ... Read more »

New roundabout and crosswalks among options for improving Ann Arbor's North Main corridor

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Posted: Mar 31, 2013

North Main Street is a major gateway to the city of Ann Arbor, but it's anything but a grand entrance, and city leaders are the first to admit that. The corridor is riddled with blight, ... Read more »

Draft conceptual plan emerges for new riverfront park on MichCon site in Ann Arbor

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Posted: Mar 29, 2013

A conceptual plan has emerged showing how the city of Ann Arbor could transform the MichCon site along the Huron River into a riverfront park with a new canoe livery and docks. Read more »

with poll: MDOT willing to consider reducing Ann Arbor's North Main Street from 4 to 3 lanes

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Posted: Mar 11, 2013

In a recent Q&A with AnnArbor.com, Eli Cooper, Ann Arbor's transportation program manager, talked about the idea of reducing North Main Street from four to three lanes with added bike lanes. Read more »

$88K FEMA grant to help pay for demolition of 721 N. Main buildings in Ann Arbor

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Posted: Mar 07, 2013

The city of Ann Arbor is moving forward with demolition of two storage structures at the city's old maintenance yard at 721 N. Main, the future site of a new near-downtown park. The City Council ... Read more »

Part 2: Q&A: Eli Cooper discusses Ann Arbor's next roundabouts, bike lanes & the North Main corridor

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Posted: Feb 25, 2013

Eli Cooper, the city's transportation program manager, sat down to speak with AnnArbor.com recently about improvements being discussed for the North Main Street corridor, where the next roundabouts might be in Ann Arbor, and other non-motorized transportation issues. Read more »

Conceptual plan emerges for greenway park at 721 N. Main in Ann Arbor

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Posted: Dec 02, 2012

A conceptual vision is emerging for how the city of Ann Arbor might transform a blighted property it owns at 721 N. Main into a greenway anchor park. The city's North Main-Huron River Corridor Vision ... Read more »

Ann Arbor considers tunnel under railroad tracks behind Depot Street to access MichCon site

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Posted: Oct 04, 2012

As a major cleanup of the old MichCon site continues along the Huron River, Ann Arbor officials remain hopeful there will be a riverfront park and new development there someday. But how exactly will pedestrians ... Read more »

Ex-Greek church on North Main headed to tax foreclosure auction

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Posted: May 08, 2012

Once planned for a $67 million downtown condo high-rise and more recently targeted by city officials concerned about blight, the former Greek Church on Ann Arbor's North Main Street now is scheduled to be sold for back taxes. Read more »

New task force will develop vision for connecting North Main Street and Huron River

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Posted: May 08, 2012

This graphic representation shows what a greenway anchor park could look like at 415 W. Washington St., one of three city-owned properties along the proposed Allen Creek Greenway.Ann Arbor officials are zeroing in on 721 ... Read more »