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A screenshot of the Nickels app.

Overwhelmed with student debt? This Ann Arbor startup’s app may help

The app, which is free to users, syncs with a user's federal student aid account and makes personal recommendations based on the account's status and the user's income.

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A NAVYA shuttle at Mobility Row.
From texter detectors to autonomous shuttles, here’s what we saw at Ann Arbor’s Mobility Row

In early June, Ann Arbor streets swelled with people participating in Ann Arbor SPARK’s Tech Trek. We checked in with "Mobility Row" to learn about Ann Arbor’s mobility-based businesses and startups.

AMIC semi-finalists have the opportunity to network with potential investors, customers or partners chosen specifically by ID Ventures.
Applications open for Accelerate Michigan pitch competition

While the competition receives applications from businesses all over, primarily in Michigan, a large amount of applicants (and past competition winners) are from Ann Arbor.

Eve Aronoff.
7 Washtenaw County chefs share their favorite local dishes

From farmers market falafel to horchata to custom poke bowls to burgers and wine, their picks may surprise you – and they'll definitely leave you drooling.

Frog Island Track Club.
Frog Island Track Club keeps Ypsi-area kids moving throughout the summer

Founder Mike Nix says the club's goals are to get kids active outdoors while introducing them to Frog Island and "showing them a part of Ypsi that a lot of them didn't realize was there."

Tarek and Rachel Kanaan at the Unity Vibration tasting room.
Kombucha, wine, and mead businesses are brewing in Ypsi and Ypsi Township

Unity Vibration's kombucha brewery is celebrating its 10th year, while Smokin' Barrels Estates winery and Maniacal Mead are aiming to open to the public next year.

Mackinac Policy Conference: Alisyn Malek’s vision for Michigan mobility

Alisyn Malek, COO and cofounder of Ann Arbor-based May Mobility, shared her vision for Michigan's mobility future at the Detroit Regional Chamber's 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference.

National conference on local investing heads to Detroit – with an assist from Ypsi

Ypsi Township resident Angela Barbash pushed for ComCap to be held in Michigan this year because she felt the timing is right for the state to be offered a more in-depth learning opportunity on community capital.

Clinc's office in Ann Arbor.
Clinc to expand Ann Arbor office and staff after raising $52 million

The artificial intelligence software provider plans to open a new 26,000-square-foot office in Ann Arbor by early 2020, as well as adding 40 new employees.

Ypsilanti city council member Lois Richardson was among the honorees at last year's Tribute to Women of Achievement.
Ann Arbor event to honor local African-American “Women of Achievement”

Five women will be honored at the event, which is also a fundraiser for scholarships for local graduating African-American high school students.

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