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City Planning Commissioners’ Removal of Hundreds of Acres of Public Parkland From New City Land Use Plan Is Improper, Says Neighborhood Group
The unexplained deletion paves the way for development, subverts the will of the voters, and exposes the city to potential legal and financial fallout, says Ann Arbor Neighborhood Network group in its "Ann Arbor’s Parkland and Public…
Since Implementing Single-Stream Recycling, Ann Arbor’s Landfill Diversion Rate Has Plummeted
In 2009, half of materials collected by Recycle Ann Arbor from Ann Arbor residents were diverted from the landfill. Between 2019 and 2024, two-thirds of the materials collected within Ann Arbor by Recycle Ann Arbor went to the landfill.
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DTE and Ann Arbor Sign New Agreement: DTE to Support A2Zero Climate Goals
Officials from the City of Ann Arbor and DTE Energy joined on Earth Day, April 22, to sign a new heating franchise, the first in the country to include a climate agreement with associated activities that aims to improve health, safety and…
Ann Arbor Neighborhood Network Launches Petition to Ask City Officials to Suspend Work on Master Plan Until There’s More Robust Citizen Input
by Bruce Laidlaw
Michigan law requires zoning ordinances to be based on master plans adopted by planning commissions and the municipal governing bodies. Ann Arbor's Planning Commission is working on a revision of the City's master plan…
Despite Gov. Whitmer’s Promises to “Fix the Damn Roads,” Michigan’s Roads Remain Among Worst in the Nation
by John LaPlane
Michigan's rural interstate highways are safer than those in all but two states, but its rural and urban interstates are in worse condition than those of most states. That is according to the Reason…
City’s Action to Revoke Center of the City Charter Amendment is a Betrayal
Alan Haber serves on the Ann Arbor Community Commons Initiating Committee, AnnArborCommunityCommons.org
by Alan Haber
While they brought it forward with smiles and promises of a new jewel in the Center of the City, this new Library…
Cheap Carbon Offsets − are More About Greenwashing Than Helping the Climate
by Dr. Seehon Kim
Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies and cities make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own.
When a company or city buys carbon offsets, it pays a project…
Downtown Parking System Has Lost $30M, Office Vacancy Rates Near “Great Recession” Levels
11/20/24 Note: This article has been corrected. Stephen Lange Ranzini is the president of University Bank not Bank of Ann Arbor.
by P.D. Lesko
Oxford Companies and Crawford Hoying, partners in the Ann Arbor South apartment building…
City of Ann Arbor Road and Lane Closures (Read ‘Em and Weep or Rejoice)
The City of Ann Arbor has partnered with WAZE to provide a better overview of traffic controls within the city. Visit WAZE.com or download the WAZE app.
Southbound Closure of South Fifth Avenue Between East Huron Street and East…
Jane Fonda in Ann Arbor: “If Trumps Wins, Climate Change Will Worsen”
by Andrew Roth
Actress and climate activist Jane Fonda said in Ann Arbor on Monday that the fight against climate change would become “impossible” if former President Donald Trump wins his bid to return to the White House in November.
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