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Chefs and attendees at the waste dinner.

U-M’s first VegWeek highlights issue of food waste with “waste dinner”

The event demonstrated how food can be used creatively rather than thrown away or composted – and, appropriately enough, the 200 people who showed up polished off the entire spread.

L to R Keith Orr and Martin Contreras at The Aut Bar
Ann Arbor’s power couples: Sharing a life – and a business, part 2

Following the enthusiastic response to our last story about Ann Arbor couples who own a business together, we chatted with three more couples about how they met and how their personal connection influences their work.

SMART bus in downtown Detroit
OPINION: To improve regional transit, Wayne and Washtenaw counties must consider a separate plan

Megan Owens, executive director of Transportation Riders United, argues that with Macomb and Oakland counties effectively withdrawing from regional transit, it's time for Wayne and Washtenaw to be an example and invest independently. 

Desai Accelerator program manager Katy Lind.
Desai Accelerator’s new program manager aims to double intern staff, build program’s reputation

Katy Lind brings a variety of entrepreneurial experience to her new role, but her journey into entrepreneurship was not a straight line.

InfoReady chief operating officer Maurice Collins
How the Ann Arbor Film Festival and InfoReady developed a simpler way to sort through 3,000 films

The festival collaborated with software company InfoReady to develop a platform that streamlines the once-complicated process of managing film submissions, and they're hoping to make it an industry standard.

Garlin Gilchrist II, executive director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility.
U-M’s new Center for Social Media Responsibility aims to quickly make accountability tools public

The center aims to address concerns about social media's negative effects by creating metrics to assess social media companies' accountability, as well as a public forum to discuss the topic.

A performance at the 2016 Threads festival.
Threads interdisciplinary art festival moves to Ypsi, scales up for 2018

The festival, which includes music, poetry, dance, film, and visual arts, started in Ann Arbor but has found a new home.

Michigan Interfaith Power and Light logo.
Solar Marketplace aims to help houses of worship finance eco-friendly projects

Houses of worship can fundraise or take out a loan to install solar panels or other energy-efficient features, but the city of Ann Arbor hopes to help them find other creative ways to get greener.

Plans for Veridian at County Farm
The ABCs of affordability in Washtenaw County

Affordability is a hot topic in the Ann Arbor area, and with good reason. But the debate involves many complex and ill-defined concepts – including "affordability" itself. We broke down the basics.

Scenes from previous years at SXSW's Michigan House.
Ann Arbor to expand presence this year at SXSW’s “Michigan House”

The house will spotlight Ann Arbor SPARK, the University of Michigan, May Mobility, Cahoots, and others as it marks its fourth year at Austin's massive South by Southwest festival.

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