Arts at Michigan is sponsoring a contest where student artists can compete to have their artwork exhibited on AATA busses from February through September 2004. But hurry, the deadline is December 15!
The Ann Arbor News is crowing about reduced complaints about panhandling. I think the key here is to understand pan handling isn’t down, only the reporting of it – and I suspect the only think to change is that the overly vocal wealthy elites that oppose student participation in city politics and write reactionary letters […]
This from an article linked to by Ben: “There is this yearning to live not in a faceless suburb anymore but in a real community with a downtown in it,” said James W. Hughes, a professor of urban planning at Rutgers University. “These people don’t want their town to be known by the big mall […]
I think my fellow cool cities task force member Eugene Chan is on to something: “Chan says what makes Ann Arbor’s college scene cool is the blending of ages. “It is actually integrated,” Chan said. “Look at any coffee shop. StarBucks on State Street. It is these students studying. You can see residents talking about […]
Lest Ann Arbor’s ruling class think they’ve got it figured out: “Cities across the state have lost large numbers of adults age 25-34 from 1990 to 2000. According to the census: – Lansing lost 12,067, or 54.7 percent from 1990 to 2000; – East Lansing lost 27.6 percent or 4,601; – Ypsilanti fared better, losing […]
The New York Times writes about urban farming in Detroit: ” […] Urban farmers face a number of challenges, from finding water (renegades tap into fire hydrants, Brother Samyn said) to eliminating broken glass, concrete and unsavory contaminants like lead from the soil. Hayfields, mistaken for “ghetto grass,” have been mowed down by the Department […]
The Friends of the U-M Library are sponsoring a book collecting contest, with prizes of 3, 2, and $100 for first, second, and third places in two divisions: one for graduate students, and one for undergrads. It’s a start, I suppose: Harvard’s contest has a $1,000 prize.