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
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The Detroit Region Aerotropolis was started in 2001 to develop the areas around Detroit Metro and Willow Run Airports into an “airport city,” with emphasis on the types of jobs with “aviation-intensive” businesses and those involved in industries
$25,000 invested to increase employment in area
Mar. 5, 2009 · 4:54 p.m.
The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees passed a measure to invest $25,000 toward a regional effort to bring jobs and industry to the area.
The Detroit Region Aerotropolis Development Corporation Agreement was passed unanimously.
Brenda Stumbo, the Township supervisor, said the Detroit Region Aerotropolis has the potential to bring about close to 64,000 jobs and to bring in about $170 million in annual revenue for metro Detroit communities.
“It’s a regional approach,” Stumbo said. She described the project as a very positive step forward.
Karen Lovejoy Roe, the Township clerk, recognized the effort as a “huge investment,” and as a prime example of regional co-operation. She noted that the Washtenaw County communities of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township have collaborated efforts with Bellville and Van Buren Township in Wayne County in order to bring this initiative to pass.
The Detroit Region Aerotropolis was started in 2001 to develop the areas around Detroit Metro and Willow Run Airports into an “airport city,” with emphasis on the types of jobs with “aviation-intensive” businesses and those involved in industries that require regular air travel.
The Aerotropolis Development Corporation is a public-private partnership that was created to “drive economic development and job creation in a sustainable and cooperative manner.”
The group looks to collaborate with local governments on marketing, economic planning, providing incentives for businesses, and to promote intergovernmental communications to create the type of regional economy that would bring business to the area.
The ADC was developed under the Urban Cooperation Act of 1967. The group is a separate legal entity intended to administer economic development.
In other Township business
The house at 6196 Whitaker Road will receive legal action from the board and has been deemed a public nuisance. The board has repeatedly raised concern over the safety of the house.
“It is a very serious safety issue,” Stumbo said.
The house is a manufactured home that was moved to its current location.
Since arriving and being reassembled on Whitaker, the house has been never been fully inspected. The inspectors that have met the owner at the property were able to see that the owner was unlawfully residing in the residence and they were able to determine that the house has serious health risks.
Several trustees recognized that the whole neighborhood suffers when there is neglected house nearby.
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