City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
Jun. 16, 2010 · 3:42 a.m.
After much procedure, Ypsilanti City Council approved six mayoral re-appointments to city boards and committees Tuesday, including the two postponed from earlier...read more
Council postpones two reappointments
Jun. 4, 2010 · 4:57 p.m.
Two of Ypsilanti's volunteer board members were not reappointed on schedule Tuesday night, owing to a 4-2 vote by City Council to delay the appointments until...read more
Downtown properties to be rehabilitated
Jun. 4, 2010 · 10:40 a.m.
Three recently-vacated properties in downtown Ypsilanti, two of them condemned, will soon be renovated owing to recent purchase by a local development company and...read more
Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
May. 28, 2010 · 6:53 p.m.
Residents living in the Liberty Square complex of townhouses will see a sticker appear on their homes Tuesday, when the Ypsilanti Township Building Department places...read more
Ford plant granted tax exemption by township
May. 24, 2010 · 5:44 p.m.
New machines and equipment will soon be wheeled into Ford's Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township as it begins manufacturing a line of batteries for the new global...read more
DAY, YDDA pass resolutions asking for change
May. 21, 2009 · 10:12 a.m.
Two downtown Ypsilanti groups have passed resolutions opposing the term 'Ypsitucky' as the name of a bluegrass festival scheduled for September.
The Downtown Association of Ypsilanti and the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority passed the resolutions Wednesday evening and this morning, respectively.
Karyn Maurer, YDDA board member, proposed the resolution at this morning's meeting. The resolution states the use of the name Ypsitucky in a community event is a "derogatory and negative stereotype that is not in keeping with the Blueprints report adopted by the YDDA."
"I think it’s a stupid business decision to create a name like that," YDDA board member Scotty James said at this morning's meeting. "You can't promote this festival on a broader scale because nobody is going to know what Ypsitucky means.
"It just seems awkward," he said.
The Depot Town Community Development Corporation, a non-profit that operates Riverside and Frog Island parks, is promoting the Ypsitucky Jamboree as an event to raise money for the preservation and maintenance of the local parks.
The DTCDC faced opposition to the name at a Human Relations Commission meeting Monday evening. HRC board chair Clifford Larkins asked that those opposed and not opposed to the name sit down with a mediator to discuss the issue. As an alternative the HRC could forward the issue on to city council.
Andy French, DTCDC board member, announced last night that the DTCDC would be willing to make some concessions but asked the festival keep its Ypsitucky name, at least for this year.
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Group makes compromises on 'Ypsitucky' name
HRC asks for mediation of 'Ypsitucky' discussion
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