Home cooking is about to get a little more interesting in Ann Arbor. A City Councilman with an affinity for fresh eggs is pushing for a ordinance loophole that would allow residents to keep up to 10 hens at their homes.
Ann Arbor maybe known as a green city, but more than a few people are surprised to see how environmentally friendly others see it. Popular Science magazine ranks Tree Town as the 24th greenest in America.
Llamas might not be the easiest animals to work with at times, but the technicians at LLamasoft are proving to be a easy fit when it comes to compatability. The Ann Arbor-based firm has plans to open an office in Europe and add a handful of new workers this year.
Ann Arbor is scoring again, this time luring California-based MyBuys to set up an office in Tree Town. The deal, brokered by the Michigan Economic Development Corportation, will create 250 new jobs directly and another 350 spin-off jobs.
The commercial art firm Hook plans to start creating a bigger presence in Ann Arbor. The 3-D advertising start-up plans to add up to six people by the end of the year and another half dozen next year.
Laser technology is joining the ranks of new economy industries taking root in Ann Arbor. Laser-maker IMRA America is moving forward with plans to expand its R&D facilities in Ann Arbor Township and add another 20 jobs.
Keeping track of men and materials can mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. That's why a couple of Metro Detroit entrepreneurs started ERT Systems. The start-up hopes to add six more people to its payroll this year and another 12 or so next year.
Third time is definitely the charm for Ann Arbor's NanoBio. The UofM spin-off recently received its third installment of venture capital ($10 million) and it hopes to create more research jobs in the near future.
More work, more money and more jobs are in line for ForeSee Results. The Ann Arbor-based, Web site-information firm expects to add 45 people this year for a total of about 150 employees.
More development is in the works for Ann Arbor's downtown area. City officials are looking for proposals on what to do with a 2.5-acre old DPW site a few blocks from downtown.
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