Volunteers prepare for Ypsi PRIDE Day
May. 13, 2010 · 7:09 a.m.
Each year, residents in and around the city of Ypsilanti carry on a tradition started by a group of community members enrolled in a city leadership program, a sort...read more
Bicycles zoom as flowers bloom
Apr. 30, 2010 · 2:11 p.m.
The weather has turned, the trees are budding and the flowers are popping out of the ground; time for a cruise through town. But don’t be so quick to hop in the...read more
Sheriff Clayton visits Ypsilanti Township
Apr. 29, 2010 · 12:59 p.m.
About 50 Ypsilanti Township residents gave the Washtenaw County Sheriff Office their input about law enforcement in the community Tuesday evening.
The information...read more
Local photographer raising funds for Ypsi Project exhibit
Apr. 20, 2010 · 2:20 a.m.
Ypsilanti has many faces, and Erica Hampton wants to share a few of them with you.
Over the past year, Hampton created the The Ypsi Project, a series of portraits...read more
Savoy taking shape as live music venue
Apr. 17, 2010 · 2:38 p.m.
Ypsilanti's newest concert venue is preparing for its grand opening weekend April 23, more than a month after its soft opening March 13.
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Photo by CoPAC
Saturday's community picnic in Riverside Park is an all-neighborhood association event. Members of the community are encouraged to visit and get involved with their respective neighborhood association.
Free food, activities, information on neighborhood associations available
Aug. 7, 2009 · 10:16 a.m.
Nothing says summer better than a picnic.
That’s why everyone is invited to the Community Policy Action Council’s sixth annual community picnic from 1 – 4 p.m. Saturday in Riverside Park.
Not only can you gorge yourself on free hamburgers, veggie burgers and a large spread of other foods, but it’s a great chance for you to meet your neighbors and get involved in the community.
“Our aim is to bring people of the community together and to be a doorway for community to get involved with the (neighborhood) meetings we have,” said Linda French, owner of Sidetrack Bar and Grill and one of several organizers for the event.
This year the Riverside Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Association of Ypsilanti are playing host to the picnic.
At a meeting at the Corner Brewery Tuesday organizers shored-up the final activities including an egg toss, hula hoop contest and a piñata stuffed with candy from The Rocket.
Children’s activities Saturday also include music and storytelling courtesy of Community Records. The Ypsilanti District Library’s book mobile and “Mater,” a truck inspired by the Disney Pixar movie “Cars” will also be in attendance.
According to its website, CoPAC "unites the neighborhoods of Ypsilanti through a council composed of representatives of neighborhood associations, other groups like business associations, the Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce, the Ypsilanti Police Department and EMU."
Information about most or all of the 16 active neighborhood associations located within the city will also be available.
“There will be literature available for people to join and sign up to become a part of the meetings,” French said.
As the final planning was wrapped up Tuesday evening organizers also worked through their thank you list. The group said support from local businesses, individuals and other neighborhood associations make Saturday’s picnic possible.
Nkosi Mason is an intern working with the The Business Side of Youth and the Ypsilanti Citizen through the end of August.
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