Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority

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…

by Patricia Lesko Ann Arbor and the environment need expanded non-motorized transportation infrastructure. The need is particularly acute on Main St., State St., and Liberty. When the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA) came…

by Dave Alexander In recognition of Sunshine Week, a time that highlights the need for transparency and accountability in government, Progress Michigan is rolling out several major updates to the Sunshine Squad, an online tool that now…

by P.D. Lesko Circuit Court Refuses to Dismiss Pro Se Plaintiff’s Complaints To download Judge Carol Kuhnke's April 2, 2015 Opinion in PDF format, click here. ACCORDING TO HIS bio., local attorney Jerry Lax is currently in his…

REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI can cost a business owner between $500-$1,000 per incident. The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority Board’s allocation of $3,500 from a $29 million budget to fund $25 “grants” to downtown business owners is an…

Criticism of the Downtown Ambassador proposal has been sharp. Comments from the public included in the FOIA response to The A2 Indy about the Ambassador program range from mild to spicy.   by P.D. Lesko THE BOARD OF the Ann Arbor…

by Bryan Kelly IF YOU HAVE been following along, you know that the New Vision is to make Ann Arbor Manhattan and Ypsilanti Brooklyn. If you haven’t been following along, well, there you have it. That’s Downtown Development Authority…

Pease note: Kai Petainen is a member of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board. WARD 5 COUNCIL member Chuck Warpehoski is facing persistent questions from the public, his Council colleagues and his opponent in the August 5…

Please note: Kathy Griswold is the Chair of The Ann Arbor Independent's Editorial Board. JOAN LOWENSTEIN, A long-time member of the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors launched a website titled A2BetterCity.com.  On her…

OVER THE PAST decade, the city’s Mayor and Council members whom he has endorsed, and with whom he has allied himself, have neglected to tend to the basic infrastructure needs of Ann Arbor’s various neighborhoods. Roads and sidewalks have…