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Alex Thomas

How will the American Center for Mobility affect Ypsi Township’s West Willow neighborhood?

The community took a major hit when the GM plant on the Willow Run site closed in 2009, but residents are cautiously optimistic about a new automated vehicle test facility opening on the site.

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A GenZe 200-series electric bike.
GenZe builds smart, connected electric bicycles in Ann Arbor

Thanks to a Bluetooth connection to a new smartphone app, the bikes can track physical effort and distance covered or alert their owners if they're stolen.

Andy French at Aubree's Pizzeria and Grill
Aubree’s to serve free Thanksgiving meals at Depot Town location

Aubree's offered free Thanksgiving meals at its Marquette location for the first time last year, and the locally based chain plans to make it an annual tradition.

Atomic Object managing partner John Fisher.
Tech Homecoming connects out-of-towners with Ann Arbor tech industry on Thanksgiving Eve

The happy hour-style event aims to draw Michigan expats back home for good on the biggest bar night of the year.

Bløm mead.
Ann Arbor’s first meadery to open in 2018, featuring Michigan-made ingredients

Bløm Meadworks is aiming to fill a niche for gluten-free drinkers as well as hardcore craft beer drinkers who are looking for something different.

Diagram explaining the Aquaro ASM technology.
Aquaro Histology raises $9.8 million to launch technology automating microscopic tissue study

Studying tissue samples under a microscope is an unusually difficult and dangerous job. Ann Arbor's Aquaro aims to change that.

Solartonic cofounders Harry Giles and Brian Tell receive their $5,000 check from Ypsi mayor Amanda Edmonds and Mallory A. Field of Varnum Law.
Pittsfield Township solar lighting company wins Pitch Ypsi $5,000 competition

Solartonic, which has done projects in locations from Detroit to Dallas, is focused on making innovative and attractive-looking solar lighting solutions. 

Michigan Corporate Relations Network logo.
U-M tech commercialization programs receive $2.66 million in state funding

The Michigan Corporate Relations Network and Technology Transfer Talent Network will continue their mission of promoting collaboration among state universities and developing technologies into startups.

By the Sidewalk founder Aniruddh Gala.
By the Sidewalk food tours offer new way to experience Ann Arbor’s culinary scene

Founder Aniruddh Gala, a relative newcomer to Ann Arbor, aims to make his tours appealing to first-time visitors as well as townies.

All Duo employees gather in Ann Arbor for the company's annual kickoff event in 2017.
How empathy carried Duo Security to a $1 billion valuation

Duo raised $70 million in a recent round of financing, placing the company among the small handful of venture-backed private companies worth $1 billion or more. 

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