Another portion of Fifth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor will close temporarily starting later this week, while it looks promising that an already closed portion will reopen soon. The two-block portion from Huron to Liberty Street will be closed to traffic during the work day from Friday through Monday while ...
After an initial test run in downtown Ann Arbor, local inventor Tim Jones is hoping to roll out his colorful, spinning Whirlydoodle creations on a grander scale. Think hundreds. Maybe thousands. About 20 of the small windmills with changing colored lights were installed on light poles around downtown Ann Arbor ...
The Ann Arbor Newshawks, three men who make up the area's favorite mock investigative news team, are back at it with their latest video lampooning city hall. In their lead story, they contemplate the possibility of new faces joining the Ann Arbor City Council in 2012 and what new council ...
Amy Sullivan, project manager for contractor Christman Co., took AnnArbor.com on a journey to the bottom of the parking garage on a recent afternoon.
The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority is planning to dip another $2 million into its cash reserves to get through a deficit budget in the next fiscal year. At the same time, DDA officials are predicting a $2 million — or 12.5 percent — jump in parking revenues due to ...
Not too far south of William Street, Ann Arbor's Main Street changes from an active pedestrian corridor to somewhat of dead zone in what is still technically part of downtown.
Downtown Development Authority board member John Splitt gave an update on the construction on Wednesday, saying the entire project should be complete by the end of June or beginning of July, while Fifth Avenue should reopen sometime in May.
The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority announced on Tuesday it will put $2,500 into a fund to combat the city's nagging graffiti problem this year. That continues the DDA's annual efforts to subsidize the cost of graffiti removal products for downtown businesses and building owners.
As construction continues on the city's $50 million underground parking structure in downtown Ann Arbor, officials now say South Fifth Avenue should reopen by the end of May. A previous time line called for reopening the street two months ago. The entire project, which started in late 2009 and is ...
The Downtown Development Authority is inviting the public to take a survey to help shape a vision for four blocks in the middle of downtown Ann Arbor. The survey is the first piece of outreach for the Connecting William Street initiative, which was previously known as Midtown Discovery. The planning ...
The first tenants of Ann Arbor City Apartments could move into their new luxury units 14 months from now, says Village Green CEO Jonathan Holtzman. "That's the goal," the developer said today. "We're going to deliver what we think will be a great product that you can get today in ...
DDA Executive Director Susan Pollay said she doesn't have a firm estimate for when the road will reopen.
Strong opposition to paying for parking in Ann Arbor, as well as threats of boycotting downtown businesses because of meter rates, can be traced back at least 74 years. Ray Detter, chairman of the Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Council, recently discovered a collection of old newspaper stories and photographs from ...
The cost of parking in downtown Ann Arbor is going up following action taken Wednesday by the Downtown Development Authority.
Downtown officials and the company behind an ambitious effort to add geothermal heat to a commercial building in Kerrytown hope the project will inspire similar alternative energy retrofits on a shared system in Ann Arbor. The work was concluded in late 2011 at the Marketplace Building at 303 Detroit Street, ...
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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