Featured Stories
Bilal Saaed
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The term "yuppie" and its lifestyle connotations has morphed to YP, referring to young professionals who are actually shaping our businesses and downtowns. Bilal Saaed, chair of the A2Y Regional Chamber's young professional initiative, discusses why YPs are the future of our economy.
Tanya Muzumdar
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Meet Michael Barera, the Wikipedian in Residence at U-M's Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Not only is he a member of the first student Wikipedia club in the country, he is the first Wikipedian resident ever appointed to a presidential library. Concentrate's Tanya Muzumdar chats with him about what that means, where he goes next, and which wiki entries he's been involved with and inspired by.
Dennis Archambault
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
-Michael Pollan, In Defense Of Food
An innovative 'prescription' program introduces medicinal benefits of fresh produce to lower income Washtenaw County residents. It's not only showing promising results, it's gained the attention of the Public Health Foundation.
Concentrate Staff
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
If you've ever read Mark Maynard's blog you may have stumbled across his exit interviews with soon-to-be ex-locals. The Concentrate Speaker Series has asked Mark to bring his blog to life by interviewing a panel of Ann Arborites about their plans to move away. Why are they leaving? What might get them to stay? What will they miss? What are they eager to leave behind? For these answers and more SIGN UP NOW for TOMRROW'S event!
Tanya Muzumdar
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Last month, A2 Ethics held their third annual Big Ethical Question Slam. Concentrate's Tanya Muzumdar talks with the winners about the community's questions, the team's answers and what strategies are involved when a competition asks you to tackle the weightiest of issues.
Natalie Burg
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
In discussing the need for affordable housing in Ann Arbor, recent conversations have ranged from planned density to public assistance to developer incentives. But what about revisiting the idea of allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs)? Santa Cruz, CA has taken the lead with these small, apartment-sized houses, creating a program that cities around the nation are emulating.
MSHDA
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
With low mortgage rates and many houses to choose from, there’s never been a better time for state residents to buy their own home.
Sara Gosman
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Great Lakes are a vast environmental and economic resource that has yet to be fully tapped. They are also the subject of the Great Lakes Futures Project, a consortium of 21 universities and organizations considering the future of these waters. Sara Gosman, an environmental attorney and lecturer at U-M Law School, discusses the project and the geopolitics of water scarcity.
Patrick Dunn
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
How do you turn a community of artists into an arts community? It's a question many in Washtenaw County struggle to answer. In Saline, Margie Bovee has helped to make the TwoTwelve Art Center part of the solution, creating a space that teaches, exhibits, and advances both the expression and profession of art.
Concentrate Staff
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
As any non-profit organization will tell you, their efforts are mostly powered by ordinary folks donating their time. That couldn't be truer for 826Michigan, a hip Ann Arbor-based literacy nonprofit that mobilizes hundreds of dedicated volunteers. Concentrate's Speaker Series invites executive director Amanda Uhle to explain the methods and challenges of attracting energetic volunteers and how 826 leverages their unique identity to thrive. Sign up now for THURSDAY's event!
Patrick Dunn
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Anna Bagozzi wants to do more than just sell fashion, she wants to create a fashion-minded community. If her early successes with leveraging Facebook and other social media for Tribehaus, her online store, are any indication, she may be onto something big.
Natalie Burg
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
From neighborhood breakfast salon to ag incubator to monthly happy hours to nonprofit organization, Selma Café has grown and evolved over its four years. Concentrate chats with its co-founder and president Lisa Gottlieb about how things are going and where they are headed next.
Tanya Muzumdar
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Over the years, sculptor Tad McKillop has taught young artists, constructed motorcycles (which he's bartered for body art), and developed a loyal following of collectors across the country. He embodies Ann Arbor's iconoclastic DIY culture, creating figurative bronze works in a furnace he, uh, forged himself.
Richard Retyi
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Pundits have been ringing the death knell for independent bookstores for years. As we move into a digital future the printed word's demise is inevitable, they say. That hasn't stopped Hilary Lowe and Michael Gustafson's plans to open Literati Bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. Concentrate's Richard Retyi chats with some local veterans about how the duo can prove the naysayers wrong.
David McNamara & Christina Kim
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
With Punxsutawney Phil calling an early spring, it's not too soon to start building your financial nest. David McNamara, broker/owner of Foxway Realty, and financial advisor Christina Kim of Edward Jones Investments deliver talking points on keeping a good financial house, and choosing Ann Arbor as a place where they can professionally and personally flourish.