Numerous local efforts have been launched in recent months to welcome immigrants and international visitors. We asked some of those individuals for their takes on how our community has treated them and what it could do better.
The co-op has provided free tune-ups and repairs for 310 bikes since it got started in May at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market in Depot Town, and it's planning to offer more services next year.
Advocates are hard at work trying to assist the county's homeless youth, who number over 1,000. But barriers to success range from getting young people a government ID to lack of affordable housing.
The Ypsilanti Housing Commission's housing complexes have made a dramatic transformation over the past five years as they've transitioned from traditional public housing to a public-private partnership model.
Mark Maynard is encouraging Ypsi residents to take photos, videos, or audio recordings of their town this weekend in order to create a digital time capsule via social media.
Artists flock to Ypsi's creative energy, historic affordability, and opportunities for professional advancement – and they're eager to keep it that way.
The popular Ypsi neighborhood has undergone multiple cycles of reinvigoration over decades. The latest is bringing reinvestment, new investment, and some concerns about capacity.
The vote came after a contentious, nearly six-hour session of public comment and council deliberation.
A handful of the 44 residents who spoke during a two-hour public input period voiced support for the project, but most spoke against it.
Saline survived the economic downturn of 2008 and has bounced back to become a thriving small town with many big-city amenities, while striving to retain its rural feel and agricultural heritage.
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