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Workers renovate Revalue's new office space.

Values-driven investment firm Revalue to offer classes, community space at new downtown Ypsi office

The firm, which was previously based out of SPARK East's business accelerator, plans to use the space to amplify its message of socially responsible investing.

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Skyline High School takes prize in global entrepreneurship contest

The Ann Arbor school won a $1,000 "Top High Schools" award honoring schools that have exemplary levels of student participation and embed the competition in their curriculum.

Noah Rucker.
Photo essay: Black leaders discuss empowerment and inspiration at Ypsi’s BookDay

We stopped by to chat with attendees at this Friday's Black Empowerment Awards and Black Business Block Party, just one facet of a weekend-long celebration of Booker T. Washington.

National conference coming to EMU challenges assumptions about crime and criminal justice

The conference focusing on the field of critical criminology started at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2016, but it moves to a new university each year.

Lemonade Day Washtenaw County organizer Godfrey Aguwa Jr.
“Lemonade Day” to teach Washtenaw County kids entrepreneurship skills through lemonade stands

Lemonade Day Washtenaw County is the local iteration of an international program started in 2007, which now takes place in over 80 cities annually. 

Ypsilanti Community High School.
Ypsilanti Community Schools seek community input on new busing system

Responding to a variety of busing problems, the district has recently leased a number of new buses and is seeking a new contractor to provide bus drivers.

Educational institutions bolster mobility programming to fill industry talent gap

Educators at Washtenaw Community College, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and other institutions are building new high-level programs in collaboration with the local mobility industry.

Shamar Herron, Emmanuel Jones, Tabitha Bentley, Marcus Johnson and Darryl Johnson of WMBK
With new funding coalition, Washtenaw My Brother’s Keeper builds momentum for local youth of color

The local chapter of an Obama-era program aimed at supporting young people of color has had ups and downs since it launched in 2016, but numerous community partners have recently aligned to push it forward.

Participants at last year's Ann Arbor Discovery Trek.
New event offers college students “speed-dating” opportunity with local tech companies

Ann Arbor SPARK will provide 120 local college students an opportunity to network with local technology companies through the new A2 Student Trek.

Staebler Farm County Park.
Michigan Folk School to add glassblowing studio to its campus

The glassblowing studio and a separate multipurpose building are expected to complete construction in two years, although the school is already holding classes on its new campus at Staebler Farm County Park.

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