Articles tagged:Ypsilanti Planning Commission

Posted: Sat Nov 20 6 a.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Washtenaw/Oakwood project fails to gain planning commission support, now goes to city council

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 ...

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Posted: Tue Sep 21 11:25 p.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ypsilanti Planning Commission to hold hearing on medical marijuana zoning ordinance

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 ...

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Posted: Sun Nov 22 6:01 a.m. by Ronald Ahrens AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Washtenaw Avenue redevelopment proposed from Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti

Planners have dubbed the five-mile stretch of Washtenaw Avenue from Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor to the water tower in Ypsilanti as the Washtenaw Avenue Talent Center.  And they have a bold initiative for it over the next 10 to 20 years. Its creators say the plan aims to reduce ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 19 10 a.m. by Ronald Ahrens AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ypsilanti Cross Street project on the fast track

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 ...

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Posted: Mon Nov 16 5:50 a.m. by David Wak Freelance reporter
Ypsilanti's Cross Street project to get public input this week

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 ...

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