Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter rail line studies look to wrap up in April
The Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter rail project continues to slowly chug forward. Two key studies that will help it move ahead are expected to finish by April.
Ypsilanti
Ypsi’s Depot Town wins $15,000 grant to develop nearby parks
Ypsilanti's Frog Island and Riverside parks are getting a shot in the arm thanks to a $15,000 grant from Fifth Third Bank. The money will help redevelop and revitalize the parks that connect Ypsilanti's Depot Town and downtown.
Hipsilanti
"The Brooklyn to Ann Arbor's Manhattan." No longer content to live in The Deuce's shadow, Ypsilanti is emerging as an affordable alternative for both creative and professional types. Viva La Differance!
Beal Properties renovates four apartment buildings in Ypsilanti
Stewart Beal, president of Beal Properties, is making another move in Ypsilanti, renovating four damaged and foreclosed apartment buildings.
Key Bank renovates and upgrades Ypsilanti branch
Key Bank is working on improving the buildings it does business in. The latest is a $1 million renovation of its Ypsilanti branch, set to finish before the end of the month.
SchoolPictures.Com takes over Ave Maria campus in Ypsi, to expand offices and staff
Schoolpictures.com might not be batting a 1,000 but it's hitting a home run in Ypsilanti. The fast-growing web-based company plans to move its headquarters to the old Ave Maria University campus so it can be close to Eastern Michigan University.
Ypsilanti looks to add more bike lanes on Forest Avenue
Another bike lane is heading for Ypsilanti. The City Council approved putting in a new bike lane along West Forest Avenue between College Place and Norris Street. It expected to be in and available by this spring.
MDOT looking for input on state’s five-year transportation plan
Everyone has an opinion about Michigan's transportation when they're driving. Now the state is soliciting those opinions through a comment period on its five-year plan.
Ypsi ready to turn lights back on in Riverside Park
Ypsilanti officials are getting ready to turn on the new lights at Riverside Park. The ciy just finished installing 24 new lights there, replacing an old, corroded system that had failed.
SE Michigan’s Blogger Nation
Whatever your opinion, there's no denying that bloggers are dismantling the wall between the public and the press, creating a virtual underground for ideas and opinions. And SE Michigan has more than its fair share of citizen journalists, armchair politicos, cultural pioneers and cranks just
