Previous story: Homeless tent city residents near Ann Arbor will rally Thursday on Wagner Road Florescent signs hung from wires affixed across Wagner Road between Jackson and Dexter-Ann Arbor roads Thursday afternoon as residents and supporters of the homeless encampment known as Camp Take Notice held hands behind the guardrail. ...
Supporters of the Scio Township homeless encampment known as Camp Take Notice are circulating an online petition asking for support as discussions with the Michigan Department of Transportation about the camp continue. However, an MDOT spokesman said Tuesday the agency has no plans to evict Camp Take Notice from the ...
As Washtenaw County residents plan their Thanksgiving meals this week, many of the county's homeless are trying to fill their stomachs one day at a time. At Camp Take Notice, the tent city of homeless people set up near Interstate 94 off Wagner Road, volunteers are coordinating with local churches ...
With Thanksgiving just days away, members of Webster United Church of Christ in Webster Township are actively sharing their bounty with the residents of Camp Take Notice. The camp is a community of homeless people set up in temporary tent housing near I-94 off Wagner Road. The current population of ...
My church community had the privilege of providing a meal for the residents of Camp Take Notice on Sunday (July 10), the very day your article appeared in AnnArbor.com. My church community, St. Mary Student Parish, along with several other area churches and others of the Ann Arbor area community, ...
Camp Take Notice, a community of homeless people that's struggled to find a permanent location in the Ann Arbor area, is seeking a private land sponsor, reports the Michigan Daily. The camp, which is currently set up near I-94 off Wagner Road, has moved several times over the years due ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is concerned residents of a homeless tent community near I-94 and Ann Arbor-Saline Road may soon be evicted, the ACLU said in a news release. Michigan State Police troopers posted signs at “Camp Take Notice” on Tuesday, warning residents they must leave or ...
When you’re first introduced to Joseph Gill, you immediately notice his perfectly gelled hair. He frequently wears blue jeans and his favorite Red Wings T-shirt. Joe, 43, owned his own business for 20 years, but business declined, and he experienced bankruptcy as a result of the recession. Easy-going and likeable, ...
Here's a sampling of links to news about Ann Arbor in other media: Detroit News: Washtenaw tent city struggles to find home Ann Arbor Chronicle: Local GOP eyes November elections Detroit News: Washtenaw tent city struggles to find home Ypsilanti Citizen: Depot Town businesses battle for chili champion Crain's Detroit ...
Washtenaw County prosecutors dismissed a trespassing charge today against a homeless man living in an encampment along the I-94 interchange at Ann Arbor-Saline Road, officials said. Caleb Poirier, 33, walked out of Ann Arbor's 15th District Court district court today free of criminal charges. And he's determined to help raise ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a friend of the court brief today, urging Ann Arbor's 15th District Court to dismiss charges against a homeless man arrested while living on public property. The brief requests the court dismiss a trespassing charge against Caleb Poirier, the leader of the ...
Ann Arbor's growing homeless population will have a few more warm beds to sleep in this winter, city officials announced Thursday night. The City Council voted unanimously to approve a $30,500 contract with the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County and a $129,000 contract with the Interfaith Hospitality Network to provide ...
The tents are still up at Camp Take Notice, but members of the camp know that their days in a field at the Ann Arbor-Saline park-and-ride lot are numbered, with regular police visits and the second arrest of their leader late Friday. Said Brian Nord, a Camp Take Notice supporter: ...