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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

EMU Senior Corporate Relations Manager John Carlson at the Career Closet.
EMU launches Career Closet offering free dress clothes for job fairs and interviews

Eastern Michigan University's University Advising and Career Development Center recently launched a Career Closet to provide free professional clothing to students and alumni.

Participants in a past session of the Dare 2 Design program.
Ypsi-based program helps students solve problems from ice-cream drips to parent-child communication

Local elementary, middle, and high school pupils will have a chance to design solutions to everyday problems during the Dare 2 Design program, held weekly at SPARK East starting Oct. 18.

Akinbambo and Akintunde Oluwadare.
Intergenerational group advocates for improvements to Ypsi Township’s West Willow Park

A new community initiative to clean up and improve the park is giving West Willow residents hope for a safer park and neighborhood for all.

An October First Fridays Ypsilanti event.
“Ypsi in October” campaign promotes a month of spooky, autumnal events

Ypsi Real and Ypsilanti businesses are hoping to make Ypsi a destination for all things autumn and Halloween-themed this year.

Brandon Frye and Nashia Weems of No Label Juice.
Ypsi business changes include fresh-squeezed juice, cafe in an auto shop, and Regal Beagle revamp

We caught up with two new businesses – one selling juice, the other coffee – and an established bar and grill making some big changes.

Tyrone Bridges with a car load of refurbished computers to be given away.
Ypsi Township nonprofit refurbishes computers for giveaway, seeking to bridge digital divide

An Ypsilanti Township-based nonprofit called Behavior Workshop recently gave away nine refurbished Dell computers to local low-income families.

Students and a teacher in the current WAVE high school program.
Washtenaw County alliance receives funding to create Ypsi-based virtual middle school

The Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education recently received funding to open a new Ypsilanti-based virtual middle school program that will be available to students across Washtenaw County starting in autumn of 2023.  

An YpsiWrites Love Letters to Ypsilanti booth at the Ypsilanti Depot Town Farmers Market.
Ypsi residents celebrate city’s bicentennial by writing Love Letters to Ypsilanti

The nonprofit YpsiWrites is distributing postcards for residents to write about why they love their city, and the resulting love letters will be displayed during bicentennial celebrations next year.

Linda Edwards-Brown, Stafford Watts, and Jeanice Townsend at The Divine Nine's Washtenaw County School Board Candidates' Forum.
Washtenaw County’s historically Black frats and sororities have low visibility but major impact

The service-minded members of the historically Black fraternities and sororities known as the "Divine Nine" have been serving the Washtenaw County community under the radar for decades.

Janis Keller with her ElliQ unit.
Ypsi Meals on Wheels combats social isolation by offering robotic companions for clients

Many local older adults have felt isolated or lonely, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, but now a robot called ElliQ will keep some of them company.

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