Paparazzi: Briarwood Mall receives recycling award
Recycle Ann Arbor, a recycling and waste program, recently announced that Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group was awarded the Business Recycling Leadership Award for its Briarwood Mall location.

Briarwood Mall Operations Director Mike Ewald, left, and General Manager Ida Hendrix are the driving force behind the mall's recycling program. | Photo courtesy of Recycle Ann Arbor
From April, 2008 through January, 2010, Briarwood Mall recycled 127,950 pounds of containers. The mall had been recycling since 2007, but was able to increase recycling volumes through
using the City of Ann Arbor’s free recycling program.
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