The organization, which teaches skills like glassmaking and homesteading, mounted a successful crowdfunding campaign late last year to considerably scale up its operations.
From live-Tweeting public board meetings to collegiate sports photos, these local voices are telling the story of Ann Arbor, one post at a time.
Local women in the field say there's still lots of room for improvement in a field that has historically been tough for them, but it's getting better.
From death doula trainings to "death cafes," a group of Ann Arborites is emphasizing a more natural approach to the end of life.
With an influx of new businesses and some area stalwarts reinvesting in their longtime home turf, the area just west of Ann Arbor's Old West Side is becoming a destination neighborhood in its own right.
There is pending legislation in Lansing that could dramatically change the process by which historic districts are created and maintained. Concentrate digs into what it could mean for the future of local preservation.
Detroit may be the Motor City, but Ann Arbor is becoming ground zero for the industry-disrupting wireless and autonomous innovations that will usher in the next generation of automobiles.
When U-M's Dr. Daphne C. Watkins looked into what kind of research was being done on the mental health of young, black men in college she discovered, well, very little. This inspired a social media-based project that seeks to provide support, information and conversation about the issues that affect what Dr. Watkins calls "a minority within a minority."
Small business owners often believe they're simply too small to be at risk for cyber crime. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here's how at risk small businesses are from cyber threats, and what they can do to start protecting themselves and their business.
From movies to publishing, graphic novels and the comic books have overtaken popular culture - and Ann Arbor is a significant player. Yet local creators don't quite realize just how many of their comrades in arms are also neighbors.
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