Ypsilanti to revamp historic elementary schools into company space
The last pieces of the Schoolpictures.com project in Ypsilanti are starting to fall into place. State bureaucrats are giving the development a thumps up while construction workers hurry to finish the project. The Michigan Economic Growth Authority recently approved $86,800 in tax incentives for the $2.8 million project.Schoolpictures is in the process of taking over the old Ave Maria University campus, which includes two old elementary school buildings. The campus is on Forest Avenue between the campus of Eastern Michigan University and Frog Island Park. It’s moving from Pittsfield Township because its growth has been so rapid its old HQ just couldn’t accommodate all the new employees.Schoolpictures.com started with seven employees three years ago and has since grown to more than 40. The company’s business has more than doubled in that time and it hopes to reach well beyond those numbers in the next five years.Source: Michigan Economic Growth Corporation and the city of YpsilantiWriter: Jon Zemke
The last pieces of the Schoolpictures.com project in Ypsilanti are starting to fall into place.
State bureaucrats are giving the development a thumps up while construction workers hurry to finish the project. The Michigan Economic Growth Authority recently approved $86,800 in tax incentives for the $2.8 million project.
Schoolpictures is in the process of taking over the old Ave Maria University campus, which includes two old elementary school buildings. The campus is on Forest Avenue between the campus of Eastern Michigan University and Frog Island Park. It’s moving from Pittsfield Township because its growth has been so rapid its old HQ just couldn’t accommodate all the new employees.
Schoolpictures.com started with seven employees three years ago and has since grown to more than 40. The company’s business has more than doubled in that time and it hopes to reach well beyond those numbers in the next five years.
Source: Michigan Economic Growth Corporation and the city of Ypsilanti
Writer: Jon Zemke
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