A little Ann Arbor new media start up is starting to really gear up for some success. Fluency Media recently helped make Michigan's travel Web site the most popular in the U.S. last year. Fluency also expects to grow its revenue by 50 percent this year.
David Fry, the computer science doctor from Harvard, grew a family printing and publishing company from Mechanicsburg, Penn., into Fry, Inc., a $55-million-a-year electronic commerce business in Ann Arbor.
The 21st Century Jobs Fund strikes again. This time it's investing $3.75 million into Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm RPM Ventures.
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.
The Ann Arbor company, ForeSee Results Inc., is growing with each click. ForeSee evaluates visitor satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, of large Web sites. And they're doing quite well.
Giving in the name of stem cells, research that is. That's what a pair of generous benefactors are doing at the University of Michigan to help provide more resources for stem cell research.
A growing Chicago-area IT firm, Sentinel Technologies Inc., is setting up shop in Ann Arbor. In the coming weeks the firm will open up an office in the Ann Arbor Commerce Park with about 10 employees.
Public meetings are on the docket for the latest student housing proposal near the University of Michigan. The developers behind the University Village loft towers plan to hold meetings on March 5 and March 6.
A vast majority of Ann Arborites recycle regularly (more than 90 percent) but the city is working to raise that number and get more city residents thinking about recycling with its "Recycle Right!" video. The 15-minute program will air on local-access Channel 19 starting this Saturday evening.
Round is the new black in Ann Arbor. At least when it comes to traffic management. The city is holding an open house for its latest traffic circle project at Nixon and Huron Parkway on March 5. The city plans to build the traffic circle there this summer.
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