Socioeconomic deprivation refers to factors like income, employment, education, and housing, which can be measured to determine which populations or geographic areas are most in need of additional support.
Last month, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that Ann Arbor SPARK and 26 other Michigan organizations would receive more than $73 million to provide services to small businesses as entrepreneurial hubs.
After a two-year hiatus, FestiFools, the annual Ann Arbor-based papier-mâché puppet parade, will return.
A group of Ann Arbor-area child care providers, families, local businesses, and policymakers has produced two reports highlighting challenges for families who seek child care and those who aim to provide that care.
SPARK and three other Michigan nonprofits received a total of $18 million from the Michigan Innovate Capital Fund.
Lowertown Bar and Cafe co-owner Pete Baker hopes to see more neighborhood stores, bars, and coffee shops pop up throughout Ann Arbor, not just on the North Side.
The Javaad Alipoor Company will perform "Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World," which focuses on Fereydoun Farrokhzad, whose star status in Iran in the '70s compared to that of ABBA in America.
University Lending Group's HomeBoost program has provided $15,000 grants to approximately 166 first-time home buyers of color.
Having supported loved ones with special needs, three local residents are applying their experience to a new Ann Arbor nonprofit community center serving others with special needs.
A Washtenaw County-based nonprofit has acquired a 90-acre plot of land, which it plans to transform into a community in which adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities can live alongside their caregivers.
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