Community debate over the debt on the troubled city property was resolved when voters approved a millage to pay it off this August, but there's considerably more history to Water Street than that – and much more to come.
The sustainability plan is starting small, but sustainability commissioners say it stands to have major implications for development projects, the city's urban poor, and local businesses.
This year more than 150 kids registered for the Summer Playground Program, which provides two weeks of educational and recreational activities at three different playgrounds.
A student-led music festival aiming to counteract some commonly held assumptions about the local music scene and give exposure to lesser-known artists is returning for its second year in Ypsi.
Numerous downtown Ypsi business owners are working together to help new businesses get started, as well as doing what they can to support and promote existing businesses.
H.E.H. Human Electric Hybrids' electric bicycle shop opened just weeks ago, but it's already attracted customers from as far as Toronto and delivered products as far away as Mackinaw City.
Melvin Parson spent 13 years of his life incarcerated on and off. Now he's the proprietor of a young farm that supplies numerous Ypsi and Ann Arbor restaurants, and he recently hired his first employee returning home from prison.
Ziggy's plays guitar ... and Japanese video games. The pop culture-themed establishment will be open to the public for the first time Friday night.
As we kick off our five-month On the Ground embedded reporting project in Ypsi, we took a look back at the historical events that have shaped the Ypsi community we know today.
Organizers say their intention is to "bridge the gap" between existing business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, and "to bring everyone together in Ypsilanti."
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