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Ypsilanti District Library Social Worker Kat Layton, Head of Youth Services Jodi Krahnke, and Teen Librarian Kelly Pedersen Scott at the Ypsilanti District Library's Michigan Avenue branch.
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Nexient to invest $4 million, add 300 jobs in Ann Arbor area

Sarah RiggWednesday, April 4, 2018
Nexient has already added 25 jobs in Washtenaw County since January of 2018, and a $1.5 million performance-based state grant will help it build on that growth.
Feature Story LIST-mcity-01-750.jpg Transportation

How connected and autonomous vehicles will change your life for the better

Patrick DunnWednesday, March 28, 2018
By improving safety and efficiency of transportation, mobility has the potential to change lives for the better. In addition to offering more options for getting around, mobility will spur a big rethink about how we operate in cities, suburbs, and rural areas.
Feature Story Joann Moss Kids and Education

How educators and medical professionals are innovating to protect Michigan children from harm

Claire CharltonWednesday, March 28, 2018
Education is an important resource in the effort to protect children from harm. Organizations across southeast Michigan are continuously innovating ways to provide information to families and caregivers to protect children from abuse, injury, and death.
Feature Story Staff and students at the Michigan Language Center Diversity

Ann Arbor's Michigan Language Center works to create an international community of English students

Eric GallippoWednesday, March 28, 2018
The 40-year-old center's new co-owners, tech startup founder Moses Lee and his wife Julie Lee, are aiming to create "the Zingerman's of English learning" for Ann Arbor's international workforce.
Feature Story Nakesha Walker in her Sugarbrook home Community Development

Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley empowers Ypsi-area residents while fixing homes

Brianna KellyWednesday, March 28, 2018
The organization's local chapter has a deep focus on bringing people together and providing hope to traditionally underserved communities in the city of Ypsi and Ypsi Township.
Innovation News Futel's public phone in Ypsi. Community Development

Portland, Ore. nonprofit installs free public phone in Ypsi

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 28, 2018
Karl Anderson, founder of the nonprofit Futel, calls public phones a "seminal cultural hub" as important for emergency purposes as they are for basic social contact.
Innovation News Vinal Desai Burbeck. Entrepreneurship

U-M grad turns love of travel into boutique travel agency

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 28, 2018
Vinal Desai Burbeck is often asked if there is still a place for travel agents in an age when anybody can book a hotel or a flight on the internet. Her answer is an emphatic "yes."
Innovation News Co-authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Entrepreneurship

"Blue Ocean Shift" co-author to appear at two Ann Arbor events March 30

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 28, 2018
Renee Mauborgne says her and her co-author's journey started in the Midwest during the economic downturn of the mid-'80s and seeing Detroit "crumble before our eyes."
Feature Story evergreen-road-southfield-01-265.jpeg Transportation

Metro Detroit cities prepare for autonomous vehicles with smart infrastructure

Melissa AndersWednesday, March 21, 2018
Connected and autonomous vehicles require intelligent infrastructure for maximum efficiency. As Metro Detroit advances intelligent vehicles from test environments to roads, towns and cities are planning for the many changes ahead.
Feature Story A vehicle at ACM. Transportation

Students, veterans, and mobility experts converge at American Center for Mobility

Claire CharltonWednesday, March 21, 2018
Eager to attract the talents of future employees, industry leaders in the connected and autonomous vehicle sector met with military veterans and students at the American Center for Mobility to explore careers in the latest mobility technology.
Feature Story L to R Keith Orr and Martin Contreras at The Aut Bar Entrepreneurship

Ann Arbor's power couples: Sharing a life – and a business, part 2

Elizabeth PearceWednesday, March 21, 2018
Following the enthusiastic response to our last story about Ann Arbor couples who own a business together, we chatted with three more couples about how they met and how their personal connection influences their work.
Feature Story Dave Strenski of SolarYpsi Sustainability

Ypsi seeks to expand access to solar power through Department of Energy challenge

Brianna KellyWednesday, March 21, 2018
Building on an already impressive track record in solar power, the city could win $500,000 in federal funding if it demonstrates a scalable model for low-income solar installations.
Development News Conceptual renderings for Grove Studios' shipping container studio spaces. Arts and Culture

Grove Studios finds new location, adjusts plans for shipping-container studio spaces

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 21, 2018
Although the move was done out of necessity, it's presented positive new opportunities for the studio, which offers low-cost rehearsal space for local creatives.
Innovation News SPARK 2016 and 2017 FastTrack Award winners. Economic Development

FastTrack Awards for high-growth Washtenaw County businesses open for applications

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 21, 2018
Midwesterners tend to have both a great work ethic and a humility that means they don't like to brag. But FastTrack awards organizers say they need to put that aside at least once a year.
Innovation News Chefs and attendees at the waste dinner. Healthy Communities

U-M's first VegWeek highlights issue of food waste with "waste dinner"

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 21, 2018
The event demonstrated how food can be used creatively rather than thrown away or composted – and, appropriately enough, the 200 people who showed up polished off the entire spread.
Feature Story InfoReady chief operating officer Maurice Collins Technology and Innovation

How the Ann Arbor Film Festival and InfoReady developed a simpler way to sort through 3,000 films

Patrick DunnWednesday, March 14, 2018
The festival collaborated with software company InfoReady to develop a platform that streamlines the once-complicated process of managing film submissions, and they're hoping to make it an industry standard.
Feature Story Amelia Reese Community Development

Colleges building community: How EMU and WCC give back to Ypsi

Brianna KellyWednesday, March 14, 2018
We took a look at a few of the ways the two schools engage with the Ypsi community, from programming Parkridge Community Center to offering after-school programs to providing job skills training.
Feature Story SMART bus in downtown Detroit Transportation

OPINION: To improve regional transit, Wayne and Washtenaw counties must consider a separate plan

Megan OwensWednesday, March 14, 2018
Megan Owens, executive director of Transportation Riders United, argues that with Macomb and Oakland counties effectively withdrawing from regional transit, it's time for Wayne and Washtenaw to be an example and invest independently. 
Innovation News Garlin Gilchrist II, executive director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility. Technology and Innovation

U-M's new Center for Social Media Responsibility aims to quickly make accountability tools public

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 14, 2018
The center aims to address concerns about social media's negative effects by creating metrics to assess social media companies' accountability, as well as a public forum to discuss the topic.
Innovation News Desai Accelerator program manager Katy Lind. Entrepreneurship

Desai Accelerator's new program manager aims to double intern staff, build program's reputation

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 14, 2018
Katy Lind brings a variety of entrepreneurial experience to her new role, but her journey into entrepreneurship was not a straight line.
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Hasini and Harshini Anand are members of Corner Health Center's Youth Leadership Council and mental health advocates.

 


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