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Participants eat cake at last year's YpsiTasty grub crawl.

YpsiTasty grub crawl to highlight over a dozen Ypsilanti restaurants

This year's YpsiTasty grub crawl will highlight returning favorite restaurants, new food purveyors, and several retail locations in Ypsilanti's downtown, Depot Town, and Cross Street commercial areas.

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a2Tech360's Women in Tech event in 2022.
Weeklong Ann Arbor tech festival returns with expanded speaker events

Ann Arbor SPARK's annual a2Tech360 event features numerous speakers, networking opportunities, an awards ceremony for fast-growing companies, and more.

Ypsi Vegan Fest to launch Aug. 12, featuring vegan food trucks and other vendors

The inaugural Ypsi Vegan Fest is set to take place from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Aug. 12 at Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron St. in Ypsilanti.

Tim Austin, president of A&H Lawn Services, and Mike Van Patten, director of commercial property management at Oxford Companies.
Ann Arbor’s Oxford Companies to use all electric landscaping equipment for commercial properties

Oxford will partner with Saline landscaping company A&H Lawn Services to invest in equipment serving one-third of Oxford's commercial portfolio this year, another third next year, and the final third in 2025.

O&W's current leadership team: Isabel Wanty, VP of operations; Cooper Wanty, VP of finance; Jamie Wanty, VP of marketing; and Kit Wanty-Lambert, president.
Ypsi-based beer distributor celebrates 90 years in business, 5th generation of family ownership

The business began as a pub, Old Town Tavern, in downtown Ann Arbor in the early 1900s and transitioned to a beer distributor that now employs more than 180 people.

The Dawn Treader Book Shop owner Africa Schaumann.
New owner of Ann Arbor bookstore sees herself as a “lighthouse keeper” for a downtown fixture

Africa Schaumann, 29, acquired The Dawn Treader Book Shop in June 2022 after being its manager since 2018.

The Ann Arbor Art Fairs in 2007.
New pitch event at Ann Arbor Art Fair will offer cash prizes for artists and art entrepreneurs

Event participants will be invited to pitch an idea, artwork, or other facet of an arts-related business.

Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center's 15th anniversary celebration.
Plymouth life science startup incubator celebrates 15 years of successes

The Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center started as an idea written down on a paper plate, but it's now one of the largest resource hubs for high-tech startups in the surrounding area.

Brian Scott, founder of Broadcast Boot Camp, won the grand prize in the Grow category at Pitch@WCC.
Youth audio production education program among winners in 2023 Pitch@WCC competition

On May 11, over $18,000 in prizes was awarded to this year's Pitch@WCC finalists in four categories.

LuxWall's Ypsilanti location.
Innovate Ypsi grant program helps drive investment and job creation in Ypsi area

Ann Arbor SPARK began the program in 2016 as a way to encourage more prospective business owners to plant roots in the Ypsi community.

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