North Main Street will be a primary target of the city of Ann Arbor's new effort to address blight and rid the city of dangerous buildings, said Mayor John Hieftje. "That's certainly a focus," he said. "Then again, there are other properties scattered throughout the city. But I know myself ...
Eight houses along Main Street just north of downtown Ann Arbor are expected to be demolished soon to make way for a $15 million affordable housing project. The 39-unit Near North development, which has been in the works for years, is finally moving forward, according to a representative of nonprofit ...
I'm declaring that today is Mitzvah Day! A mitzvah (pronounced MITZ-vuh) is literally translated from the Hebrew as "commandment," but it's taken to mean "good deed." And this is an easy mitzvah to perform: Please vote for one of my very favorite nonprofit organizations — Ann Arbor's own Avalon Housing, ...
Ann Arbor officials gave the OK Tuesday night for nonprofit Avalon Housing Inc. to develop 32 new affordable housing units and a community center on the city's west side.
Last summer was the third summer of Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon program (in honor of the book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Fritz Haeg), managed by Program Coordinator Kris Kaul. From one garden in 2008, the program has grown to 12 Avalon sites. Co-sponsored by Food Gatherers ...
Dick Gordon comes to town this weekend. For more than four years, “The Story with Dick Gordon” has been airing on public radio stations all across the country. WUOM, 91.7-FM, in Ann Arbor, has been broadcasting it since March 2007. And now, local fans of the show will get to ...
An affordable housing project north of downtown Ann Arbor was awarded $250,000 in federal funding for its environmentally sustainable elements, Avalon Housing announced today. The funding was awarded from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Near North.
Mavis Staples comes to the Michigan Theater on Tuesday for a performance benefiting Avalon Housing, Inc.Mavis Staples, one of the most eloquent voices of the civil-rights movement, performs on Tuesday at the Michigan Theater. As part of The Staple Singers, she and the group helped provide the soundtrack for the ...
Food Gatherers, The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Growing Hope, Project Grow Community Gardens, Avalon Housing and Washtenaw County Public Health are working together through a Big Idea Grant from the Ann Arbor Community Foundation and Pfizer to to find sustainable and easily accessible ways to get locally-grown, healthy ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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