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.
Formerly Club Divine,...read more
Photo by Christine Laughren
From left, Mayor Paul Schreiber, HESNA President Rachel Blistein, Friends Member Keith Bake, East Prospect Park Neighborhood Association Co-Chair Mackenzi Rettie and Friends member Amy Grettum.
State-wide non-profit awards plaque for beautification efforts
Oct. 21, 2009 · 7:30 a.m.
The Friends of Prospect Park received a plaque from a state-wide non-profit and a proclamation from the city reinforcing just how beautiful Ypsilanti is.
Keep Michigan Beautiful, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to combating litter and promoting beautification, presented a plaque to members of the Friends of Prospect Park at its annual awards ceremony Friday.
The group received the Michigan Plaque for "programs and activities that substantially contribute to environmental improvement, clean up, beautification, site restoration and historical preservation."
Councilmember Pete Murdock (D-Ward 3) submitted the application for the award and Mayor Paul Schreiber made the nomination.
“The Friends of Prospect Park have improved the quality of life for east-side
Ypsilanti residents through hard work and collaboration,” Schreiber wrote to the award committee in August.
The Friends of Prospect Park is a collaboration of four city neighborhood associations, Ypsilanti Public Schools, the YMCA and the City of Ypsilanti. The group adopted the nine-acre neighborhood park earlier this year and is credited with creating signage, installing nearly 400 yards of mulch for the playground and restoring Luna Lake among other things.
Schreiber also recognized the Friends of Prospect Park with a proclamation at Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting.
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