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Jaishree Drepaul

Jaishree Drepaul is a journalist based in Ann Arbor. She can be reached at jaishreeedit@gmail.com.

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Maria Munteanu and her husband Vasile Munteanu in their apartment at Hilltop View Apartments.
Dexter apartments serving veterans, homeless, and low-income residents wins national award

Hilltop View Apartments received an award from the national Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition. Staff say the complex is "a place to land" for people healing from traumatic experiences.

The State Theater in Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw County tourism bureau uses community survey to strengthen marketing plan

Destination Ann Arbor is preparing to create a comprehensive marketing plan that will strengthen public awareness of Washtenaw County as a hotspot for travel.

Denovo Fertility founder Jessica Preston.
Fertility coaching startup wins big prize at Ann Arbor SPARK entrepreneur boot camp

The online-based company Denovo Fertility won a $25,000 grand prize at Ann Arbor SPARK's 2022 Entrepreneur Boot Camp Celebration.

Ann Arbor company that helps users improve credit card health raises $4 million in seed funding

Banks and credit unions pay for Nickels' services to help them help their customers with credit card management.

Austin Yarger and Corbin Reeves at SPARK Central Innovation Center.
Making video games in the Midwest can be hard, but Ann Arbor developers find community in this group

Nestled within Ann Arbor's vibrant technology hub, a robust local chapter of the International Game Developers Association is creating an essential community support for both expert and novice developers.

Yen Azzaro stands in front of her work, "Altar|Alter," at its opening in Ann Arbor.
After Ann Arbor residency, Ypsi artist to show work memorializing Asian hate crime victims in NYC

After debuting the fruits of her recent residency at the Graduate Hotel in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti artist, illustrator, and graphic recorder Yen Azzaro is taking her work on the road for a show in New York City.

The 2019 Tech Talk at the Michigan Theater.
a2Tech360 returns with week of events celebrating Ann Arbor tech

This year's program boasts over 20 mostly free events including pitch competitions, a podcast, live music, panels, awards, and TED-style talks.

Ann Arbor's water treatment plant.
Ann Arbor launches two-year project to rehabilitate water treatment plant

The project aims to address the 84-year-old plant's aging infrastructure and respond to new water contaminants that have arisen in the community.

The RE:CLAIM Project exhibit being installed at the Washtenaw County Courthouse.
Artists set to take over Washtenaw County courthouse in unprecedented project

Five Washtenaw County nonprofits, in partnership with the Washtenaw County Trial Court, will present an unprecedented artistic "court takeover" called the RE:CLAIM Project for eight weeks starting Sept. 15.

Ann Arbor African-American Downtown Festival Coordinator Teesha Montague.
Justice InDeed aims to raise awareness about racist history – and present – of Ann Arbor housing

A local collaborative project is raising awareness of the decades-old “racially restrictive covenants” that technically prohibit people of color from living in local neighborhoods.

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