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Sarah Rigg

Sarah Rigg is a freelance writer and editor in Ypsilanti Township and the project manager of On the Ground Ypsilanti. She joined Concentrate as a news writer in early 2017 and is an occasional contributor to other Issue Media Group publications. You may reach her at sarahrigg1@gmail.com.

Sarah Rigg's Latest Articles

Corey Houser.
Southeast Michigan expungement fairs set formerly incarcerated job-seekers on road to employment

Michigan Works! Southeast and other partners have been making it easier for formerly incarcerated job-seekers to expunge their records for at least 10 years.

Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence Washtenaw County lead Rochelle Igrisan at Huron Heights Apartments.
Local organizations will host two Ypsi events to promote ending gun violence

Representatives from several Washtenaw County organizations will host two June events about nonviolence and gun safety in the greater Ypsilanti area.

Putt-r-round's pop-up miniature golf course.
Ypsi residents expand pop-up mini-golf business to include mobile 9-hole par-1 course

Ypsilanti residents Jef Porkins and Jade Weber have transformed their passion for mini-golf into a pop-up mini-golf business called Putt-r-round.

300 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti under renovation.
U-M’s Ypsilanti Health Center to move downtown, tripling space and adding specialty care

The move will place the center in a more accessible location and allow Michigan Medicine to establish a more prominent presence in the Ypsi community.

Metric Marketing founder and CEO Hannah McNaughton.
Positive culture helps Saline marketing firm climb Inc. list of fastest-growing Midwest companies

Metric Marketing has grown from a one-woman company to have a staff of about 40, and it's doubled revenue nearly every year since it launched. Here's how it happened.

The Ypsilanti Community Middle School girls' Ten80 team, Golden Grizzly.
Ypsi middle school students win big at national Black engineers’ convention

YCMS' boys' and girls' teams both brought home wins, and the girls' team, Golden Grizzly, has been invited to advance to the next level in the Ten80 racing competition.

Lindsay Steele at Garden Fort farm.
Farms are growing in Washtenaw County even as they decline nationwide. Here’s why.

A decline in food-producing farms has continued in Michigan for many years since the '50s, but the trend reversed in Washtenaw County starting around 2012.

Gail Wolkoff, Loviesa Brown, Cheryl Harvey, Jeanice Townsend, Creola Larkin, and Josephine Taylor at a Monday morning meeting.
Here’s how a weekly meeting in Ypsi has fostered community collaboration for over a decade

Almost every Monday morning for over a decade, a meeting at the Parkridge Community Center in Ypsi has been connecting individuals and community organizations to one another.

A promotional image for the 26.2 Filmmaking Marathon.
Could you make a film in 26.2 hours? Find out at a new Ypsi “Filmmaking Marathon”

The Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti will return this month with a new lineup of films and a new event that challenges filmmakers to create a short film in 26.2 hours.

EMU historic preservation student Akaiia Ridley at "Hamburgers for Breakfast," the current student-created exhibit at McKenny Gallery.
Student-created exhibit on access to sports set to open at EMU next month

A new exhibit created by students in Eastern Michigan University's Historic Preservation Program will focus on who has access to university sports opportunities and who doesn't.

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