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Staebler Farm County Park.

Staebler Farm County Park, Michigan Folk School to celebrate grand opening

The new county park in Superior Township will celebrate its grand opening  – as will the Michigan Folk School, a nonprofit school for traditional arts and crafts, which will call the park home. 

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Weekly workshops offer opportunities to create colorful art and costumes for ypsiGLOW festival

Blacklights and embellished glowing figures will return to Washington Street in Ypsilanti on Oct. 25 as ypsiGLOW celebrates its fourth consecutive year. Here's how you can get involved.

A presentation during Michigan Libraries for Life.
Statewide organ donor registration drive started at U-M Library celebrates 10 years

Michigan Libraries for Life has grown substantially since it launched at U-M. Over the years, the program secured interest beyond the university's libraries and crossed over to public libraries across the state. 

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra adopts Netflix model with $5 student subscription plan

The new offer allows any student in a degree-granting program to get a ticket to any A²SO show at a monthly charge of just $5.

Summer19's end-of-year celebration.
Youth summer employment program completes fourth season with record participation

The Summer19 program offered its young participants free "soft skills" training before placing them in part-time summer jobs. It's a collaboration between the University of Michigan, Michigan Works! Southeast, and Washtenaw County. 

A Free College Day attendee talks with WCC Surgical Technology program director Elizabeth Connors at the fall 2018 event.
WCC’s Free College Day offers free classes for community

Free College Day began with the intent of allowing adults to view WCC's labs and classrooms. Since then it's grown into a family event with activities for children and options for young adults to learn about college life.

Paddlers at Ypsi Fall River Day in 2018.
Ypsi Fall River Day to feature boats, birds, and more on the Huron River

The event offers a variety of free and low-cost activities that encourage residents to get out and enjoy one of Ypsilanti's most important natural resources.

Saharsh Hajela.
U-M grad’s app helps users find and contact their elected officials from a single platform

Saharsh Hajela found himself tired of the time-consuming hoops he had to jump through to contact his local elected officials. So he decided to take matters into his own hands.

LLamasoft expects to add more than 70 jobs, such as software developers, data scientists, and customer service representatives, to its employee count by 2020.
LLamasoft to add over 100 jobs, redevelop headquarters, continue humanitarian work this year

The supply chain management software company has big plans for continued growth in Ann Arbor.

Residents invited to give feedback on community development for Ypsi’s Parkridge Park area

Washtenaw County and the city of Ypsilanti are seeking resident input on what kind of improvements they'd like to see funded in part by a federal community development block grant.

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