Local team goes for Auto X Prize
An Ann Arbor team is making a try for the Automotive X Prize - a challenge that will award $10 million to the first team that can design a practical but fun 100mpg automobile.
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Universal Parametrics moves into new facility, hiring 6
It’s a standard question in the metromode interview – are you hiring? Do you plan to hire anytime soon? (It’s not called the Innovation and Jobs News column for nothing.) For Steve Frey of Universal Parametrics, Inc., the answer was simple: “We’re looking to fill six positions, immediately,” he says. “We are desperately seeking people.”
Ann Arbor pharm company brings drug closer to market
A drug some are calling the female Viagara is one step closer to market. Ophena, developed by Ann Arbor drug company QuatRX Pharmaceuticals Co., was designed to treat a post-menopausal condition that makes sexual activity difficult or painful. QuatRX recently reported good results from a late-stage study.
Ann Arbor looking to find ways to calm traffic, become more pedestrian friendly
Ever feel like motorists hold all of the cards in deck stacked against pedestrians and bicyclists in Metro Detroit? Ann Arbor is trying to do something about it, holding a public meeting on finding ways to calm traffic and create safer environments for non-motorized traffic on Jan. 30.
Humble Daisy’s ProfCast making waves
Imagine you’re trying to record a presentation. Now imagine you’ve got a nifty piece of software that records your presentation, incorporates your MicroSoft PowerPoint presentation and ties in meta-date and enhanced media files synced to your audio.
Ann Arbor plans to continue West Stadium Blvd improvements this year and next
Ann Arbor plans to incorporate features friendly to non-motorized traffic when it starts to rebuild West Stadium Boulevard between Pauline and Main streets.
Hughes properties announces plans for University Village in Ann Arbor
Living at the University of Michigan is about to get a little more plush with the announcement of the University Village project. The development will introduce more vertical student housing to the South University street area where the Village Corner party store stands today.
Ground breaking for Lower Town project in Ann Arbor takes place today
Strathmore Development is redeveloping 7.3 acres at the southeast corner of Plymouth Road and Maiden Lane long dominated by a brownfield site composed of a vacant shopping center and a handful of other old commercial buildings. Workers hope to finish the mega development, also called Broadway Village, by late 2009.
Ann Arbor diversified investments up
New and established Ann Arbor companies sank about $100 million into job growth in 2007.
A3C renovations on East Huron St building nearly complete, moves in
All that's left to do is finishing laying the sod on the roof. That's situation with A3C's headquarters in downtown Ann Arbor. The architecture firm has finished all of the renovations to the East Huron St. building except adding the green roof, which it expects to finish this spring.
