An Eastern Michigan University-developed plan to widen the intersection of Washtenaw Avenue and Oakwood Street is going to the Ypsilanti City Council without the planning commission's recommendation. Planning commissioners split 3-3 in their vote to recommend the plan as presented, with two commissioners absent. The project will next go in ...
A moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries went into effect in Ypsilanti last week as city officials work to develop ordinances to regulate them. City Planner Teresa Gillotti said an ad hoc team of representatives from the police department, building department, city planner’s office, fire department, city manager’s office and ...
This sketch shows the East Cross Street non-motorized enhancement project. The $1 million streetscaping project to reconfigure Ypsilanti's Cross Street corridor extending from Depot Town close to the Eastern Michigan University campus is now being fast-tracked, rankling some residents and a planning commissioner.The project is in hurry-up mode because of ...
This city rendering shows the proposed Cross Street enhancements. Ypsilanti's Cross Street is getting a makeover in early 2011, thanks to a recent competitive enhancement grant the Downtown Developement Authority was awarded through the state Department of Transportation. The $1 million project includes major streetscaping on Cross from the railroad ...