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Posted on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 : 12:24 p.m.

Ann Arbor officials want input Wednesday on future of 721 N. Main property

By Ryan J. Stanton

Ann Arbor officials are holding a public meeting Wednesday, Oct. 10 to discuss city-owned property located at 721 N. Main St., and they want input from citizens.

The meeting is expected to last from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Ann Arbor Community Center, 625 N. Main St.

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The property at 721 N. Main, an old city maintenance yard, is one of three properties the city hopes to transform into a greenway anchor park as part of the vision for an Allen Creek Greenway.

Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.com

The property at 721 N. Main, an old city maintenance yard, is one of three properties the city hopes to transform into a greenway anchor park as part of the vision for an Allen Creek Greenway.

The city has a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for demolition of buildings on the site, but it's also hoping for state grant funding for other work.

"We're moving forward with the preliminary work to put in a request for a Natural Resources Trust Fund grant for the 721 N. Main property," Mayor John Hieftje said in a recent interview with AnnArbor.com.

"Now county parks has expressed a desire to participate in the matching money there because it's right across the street from making a connection to the Border-to-Border Trail."

For more information on Wednesday's meeting, contact Connie Pulcipher at cpulcipher@2gov.org or call 734-794-6430 ext. 43731.

Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.

Comments

Frustrated in A2

Thu, Oct 11, 2012 : 10:49 p.m.

Sell it to anybody but the university.

Barzoom

Wed, Oct 10, 2012 : 8:24 p.m.

They already have a plan. The idea is to get citizen input so they can ignore it.

elganned

Wed, Oct 10, 2012 : 7:26 p.m.

I vote for a golf course.

Jack Campbell

Wed, Oct 10, 2012 : 5:04 p.m.

Tear it down, green it up. I am all for it.