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Main Street Area Association

Downtown Merchant Associations Say DDA Recommendation “Threatens” Merchants’ “Very Existence”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2017 5

by Patricia Lesko In a meeting held at lunch-time on Wednesday Mar. 1, over the objections of both the Main Street and State Street Area Association member business owners, the Downtown Development Authority Board approved the leasing of…

Ann Arbor Government

DDA’s $899K Downtown Ambassador Program: Policing Visitors and Merchants

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 2, 2015 0

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…

Columns

Ann Arbor Restaurant Week Is Coming. Should You Participate? Yes and No.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 26, 2013 0

IN CASE YOU haven’t noticed, January 12-17 is Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, an event put on by the Main Street Area Association. It’s the fifth winter Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, and 57 restaurants are participating; that’s up from 26…