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
Intern named interim director until position filled
Feb. 19, 2010 · 4:03 p.m.
The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority’s Board of Directors will re-post its vacant director position March 1.
The DDA’s Ad Hoc Director Search Committee proposed a resolution to approve an interim staffing plan until a permanent director is hired. The resolution was approved by the board at its meeting Thursday morning.
According to Tracy Lewis, DDA community research intern, the applicant pool could increase in size to resemble last year’s pool when the search began.
The DDA's two part-time interns, Lewis and Jessica deBlacam, will be given more hours and responsibilities with the departure of Teresa Gillotti, who accepted a planner position with the city earlier this month.
deBlacam was officially made interim director Thursday and given a $3 per-hour pay increase, while Lewis has also had her hours increased to full time.
“I have also been increased from 15-20 hours a week to 40 hours a week myself,” Lewis said. “We are both now full time.”
Staff also reminded the DDA Board Thursday that the DDA’s Design Committee will be reviewing the submitted façade grant applications Monday.
The approved applications will be compiled into one combined application and submitted to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for the 2010 Urban Revitalization 3.0 Grant Program.
Finally, staff announced Thursday they began working with the city’s finance department to begin the budget preparation process. The tentative date for City Council to approve the DDA’s budget is in June, along with the City’s other department budgets.
The Citizen will bring you more coverage of the façade grant applications for the DDA on Monday.
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Ypsi DDA seeks facade grant applicants
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