Coordination/Collaboration

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For the next five months Concentrate will be conducting an embedded reporting program aimed at telling the many Ypsi stories that often go overlooked.

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AFS founder Mike Stack presents Ozone House staff with the proceeds from AFS' charity challenge.
Ann Arbor’s Applied Fitness Solutions hosts fitness challenge to benefit Ozone House

The Ann Arbor-based gym and personal training business raised $3,075 for the Ypsilanti nonprofit by donating $25 each time a client met his or her gym attendance goal.

Participants at Tower Inn for the 2016 YpsiTasty grub crawl.
YpsiTasty grub crawl highlights Ypsi restaurants who source locally

The grub crawl includes numerous restaurants and a stop at Ypsi's farmers market, so participants can meet the farmers who provide some of the food they'll be eating.

Suan Westhoff and Mel Drumm at The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Behind the scenes of Leslie Science and Nature Center’s merger with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Unexpected challenges, and unexpected innovations, have resulted since the two Ann Arbor education nonprofits merged operations last year.

Feodies Shipp III at U of M Detroit Center
Does Ann Arbor need a stronger relationship with Detroit?

The language that comes up when Detroiters and Ann Arborites talk about each other's cities is often striking, communicating a massive gulf between two communities that are a mere 45-minute drive apart. We examined connections between the two cities and how to better leverage them.

GoWork founders Kyle Thibaut, Andrew Sereno, and Clayton Smith peer through the front window of their business.
24/7 coworking space opens in Ypsilanti with accessibility in mind

GoWork's cofounders envision their coworking space being an affordable community hub for entrepreneurs.

Argus Farm Stop's West Liberty location.
Argus Farm Stop to open second location in Ann Arbor’s Burns Park

Argus owners mentored a Burns Park resident who wanted to start a market in his neighborhood, then stepped in to manage the project when he decided he wasn't in a position to open the store himself.

WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca (left) is joined onstage at the Mackinac Policy Conference by (from left) Roger Curtis, director of the Michigan Department of Talent and Economic Development; Dr. Curtis Ivery, chancellor of Wayne County Community
Washtenaw Community College-led consortium to develop workforce for American Center for Mobility

The office will allow WCC staff to coordinate with ACM to develop mobility curricula, certificates, and degrees, as well as apprenticeship and internship programs.

A2 Health Hacks founders Neelima Ramaraju, Diane Bouis, Britt Johnson, and Beatrix Balogh.
Ann Arbor Health Hacks Weekend invites broad range of participants to address barriers to care

Participants will tackle solutions to problems that prevent people from receiving appropriate care, from affordability to transportation to difficulties taking time off work.

Solar panel installation in progress atop Ypsi's fire station.
With firehouse solar installation, Ypsi continues rise as national solar power leader

Ypsi now narrowly beats out San Francisco for the 17th highest solar production per capita nationwide, and it has the highest solar production per capita in Michigan by far.

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