Coverage of green innovations, and climate and environment issues and developments, especially those told by local voices and that offer solutions for community concerns.
The sun is shinning on Ypsilanti, and some local residents are trying to take advantage of this. A grass-roots group is pushing forward plans to install or enhance solar systems on City Hall, Rutherford Pool and the Ypsilanti Food Co-operative.
A couple of entrepreneurs are working to build a better tent in Ypsilanti, a tent that will generate electricity with solar panels. The startup ShadePlex is ready to spread it wings this year, start raising money and hire people.
The 21st Century Jobs Fund strikes again. This time it's investing $3.75 million into Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm RPM Ventures.
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.
Ypsilanti's Frog Island and Riverside parks are awash in good news lately. Washtenaw County has awarded a $20,000 grant to the parks and the City Council has approved plans to revitalize them.
Transit oriented development is popping up north of Ann Arbor. A developer is proposing to turn an old industrial plant in Whitmore Lake into a mixed-use development called Whitmore Station that would be centered on the proposed U.S. 23 commuter rail line.
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.
They're not easily seen nor smelled, but Ann Arbor-area residents know when they see one of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authorities new hybrid buses. And the AATA expects to add five more by March.
Expanding Ann Arbor's greenbelt is going to take a little more green. The city is applying for $1.6 million in federal money to help fund its latest purchase of the development rights to 337 acres of farmland in Ann Arbor Township.
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