February 17, 2013 5:59 AM

The city-owned Library Lot on Fifth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor, as viewed from the downtown library, where Alan Haber and others want to see an outdoor skating rink happen yet this winter.
Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.com
If it's going to be a while before any kind of development happens on the
Library Lot in downtown
Ann Arbor, why not test its potential as a community gathering space in the interim?
More specifically, what about an outdoor ice skating rink? What about a Spring Party in March? What about an Earth Day festival in April? What about another block party in July?
Those are all ideas longtime community activist Alan Haber is asking members of the Ann Arbor City Council and the Downtown Development Authority to consider.
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