On the Ground helps to tell the story of the people, projects, and innovations that are creating “what’s next” for communities. The intended impact is for “solutions-oriented” media coverage, engagement, and ultimately understanding of the community, resulting in awareness and investments that can contribute to the vitality and prosperity of the district covered.
The concept of On the Ground is to use an “embedded journalism” model to maintain a presence in a specific community. During this time the publication focuses weekly coverage on those neighborhoods to tell the story of the people, organizations, and businesses working and living there.
On the Ground has been embedded in the city of Ypsilanti since July 2017.
On the Ground is supported by Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, Washtenaw Community College, Destination Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor SPARK, Washtenaw ISD, and Center for Health and Research Transformation.
To learn more about On the Ground program, click here.
The “Really Really Free Sale” returns to the city and township of Ypsilanti July 25, encouraging residents to give away items they have no use for and allow others to take what they can use.
Ypsilanti's YMCA preschool collaborative closed its doors in March, but the facility reopened in June as something else entirely — a neighborhood center offering affordable wellness and community programs.
Dress for Success Michigan is launching a new, free, four-week workforce development program designed to help women move directly from education to employment.
Ypsi Pride will move from its longtime Friday evening June time slot to a longer Saturday schedule on July 18.
Thanks to a popular content creator's post, people in Ypsi and across the U.S. recently stepped in to help the Ypsilanti National Little League after its ballfields were vandalized with graffiti.
Thousands of athletes and their families will be in Ypsi and Ypsi Township this month for the USA Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics and the RowFest National Championship.
This Saturday, Ypsilanti will kick off the oldest continuous July 4 parade in Michigan for its 96th year.
A coalition of community groups has come together to offer a free youth basketball program called Ballin' Summer '26 in locations across the Ypsilanti area.
Programming has grown swiftly in the last year and a half at Ypsilanti Township nonprofit Peace Neighborhood Center’s HUB Community Center, which serves the West Willow, Gault Village, and Sugarbrook neighborhoods.
The Ypsilanti District Library recently launched a program called Moving Together, which is meant to keep Ypsilanti-area seniors active and fight social isolation.
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