Articles tagged: Fuller Road Station
Ann Arbor agrees to spend $550K for next phase of work on new Amtrak train station
Posted: Oct 16, 2012As the federal government makes hundreds of millions of dollars in high-speed rail improvements along the Detroit-to-Chicago corridor, Ann Arbor is putting its own money on the table. The Ann Arbor City Council decided Monday ... Read more »
with poll: Should Ann Arbor spend $550K for next phase of work on new Amtrak train station?
Posted: Oct 15, 2012The Ann Arbor City Council Monday night will consider transferring $550,000 from the city's general fund cash reserves to fund the next phase of work on planning a new train station in the city. Read more »
Ann Arbor officials want to let voters decide if city should build new Amtrak train station
Posted: Oct 12, 2012Ann Arbor voters could get to decide whether the city should go forward with building a new Amtrak train station if a resolution on Monday's City Council agenda is approved. Read more »
Mayor John Hieftje to Ann Arbor Connector project opponents: 'Just show a little bit of vision'
Posted: Sep 05, 2012A proposal to continue studying options for a new rapid-transit linkage that connects major activity centers in Ann Arbor fell short of the eight votes required Tuesday night. But it's still expected to come back ... Read more »
Ann Arbor officials won't put city parkland charter amendment on November ballot
Posted: Aug 10, 2012The Ann Arbor City Council heeded the advice of its citizen-led Park Advisory Commission Thursday night and decided against putting a city charter amendment on the November ballot. Council Member Jane Lumm, the primary sponsor ... Read more »
Mayor John Hieftje details his vision for funding proposed new train station in Ann Arbor
Posted: Aug 03, 2012Mayor John Hieftje says Ann Arbor could get a new $30 million train station, and the city's share of the cost could be less than $3 million. In his opinion, that's a bargain. But that's ... Read more »
Supporters of Ann Arbor city charter amendment accused of 'poorly disguised political stunt'
Posted: Jul 17, 2012This story has been updated with new information on when the Park Advisory Commission might meet. Due to the primary on Aug. 7, PAC Chair Julie Grand says she's polling PAC members and council member ... Read more »
Protecting parks: Ann Arbor charter amendment would force public vote on Fuller Road Station
Posted: Jul 15, 2012Should the Ann Arbor city charter be changed so building a multimillion-dollar train station on city parkland would require a vote of the people? At least four members of the Ann Arbor City Council believe ... Read more »
2nd Ward Ann Arbor City Council candidates differ on what should go atop Library Lot
Posted: Jul 11, 2012The two candidates competing in the 2nd Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council have at least one thing in common: They're both Harvard grads. Incumbent Tony Derezinski holds a master of laws degree ... Read more »
Q&A with Jane Lumm on being back on City Council: 'I do think it's quite a bit different now'
Posted: Jun 27, 2012Jane Lumm served on the Ann Arbor City Council as a Republican in the 1990s, a different era when the council was infamous for bickering well into the night. Read more »
Ann Arbor accepts $2.8M federal grant for new train station but location not yet decided
Posted: Jun 05, 2012The city of Ann Arbor is moving ahead with a closer evaluation of its options for building a new Amtrak train station somewhere inside the city limits. That includes consideration of redeveloping the current Amtrak ... Read more »
Derezinski vs. Petersen: 2nd Ward race for Ann Arbor City Council shaping up
Posted: May 09, 2012The 2nd Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council is shaping up with incumbent Tony Derezinski and his primary challenger both making their campaigns official. Derezinski announced earlier this week he filed with the ... Read more »
Briere to U-M on new parking plan: 'Please remember that good neighbors work together'
Posted: Apr 17, 2012Sabra Briere didn't mince words Monday night as she sounded off on the University of Michigan's renewed plans to build a parking garage near Wall Street. The 1st Ward Ann Arbor City Council member spoke ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council approves 4-party agreement for countywide transit authority
Posted: Mar 06, 2012The Ann Arbor City Council voted 7-4 early Tuesday morning to approve a four-party agreement that lays the framework for creation of a new countywide transit authority. The decision came toward the end of a ... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Fuller Road site remains the best spot for a new Ann Arbor transit center
Posted: Mar 04, 2012Depending on who you listened to, the new transit center that the city of Ann Arbor wants to build on Fuller Road was either a visionary concept that would propel our city in the the ... Read more »
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