On the Ground

Innovation News Marquan Jackson. Community Development

Ypsi schools' Resiliency Center provides PPE, holiday help to over 300 individuals in first month

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 20, 2021
Innovation News Pizza Time abstract Arts and Culture

Ypsi resident launches new quarterly art magazine spotlighting artists of color

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 13, 2021
Innovation News A photo of the March 28, 1968, sanitation workers' strike in Memphis. From the NEH on the Road exhibition For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights. Arts and Culture

Ypsilanti District Library to host virtual version of traveling national exhibit on civil rights

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 6, 2021
Innovation News A Pull Over Prevention clinic held in October. Community Development

Local groups partner to host recurring Pull Over Prevention Clinics in Ypsilanti area

Sarah RiggWednesday, December 16, 2020
Longform Tracy Davis. Arts and Culture

Ypsi craftspeople get even more creative to weather COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah RiggWednesday, December 9, 2020
Innovation News Women in Philanthropy members Peggy Liggit, Anne Casper, Elise Buggs, and Heather Neff at the group's fall 2019 meeting. Community Development

EMU's Women in Philanthropy group marks 10 years and $500,000 in grants awarded

Sarah RiggWednesday, December 9, 2020
Innovation News A 1961 photo from the Ann Arbor News shows a protest outside the Urban Renewal office in Ypsilanti. Historian Lee Azus discusses urban renewal in the city on the new episode of the "Ypsi Stories" podcast. Arts and Culture

Ypsilanti District Library launches its first podcast, focusing on local history

Sarah RiggWednesday, December 2, 2020
Innovation News Hope Clinic staff hand out turkeys and bags of fixings to those who have signed up for them. Healthy Communities

Ypsilanti's Hope Clinic offers Thanksgiving baskets, Christmas gift cards for those in need

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 18, 2020
Longform Cuppy's Best Soulful Cafe owner Andrea "Cuppy" White. Entrepreneurship

Ypsi restaurants innovate to survive winter in pandemic

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 11, 2020
Innovation News An infographic showing how COVID-19 spreads. Healthy Communities

Ypsi-area contact tracers emphasize importance of community cooperation in controlling pandemic

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 11, 2020
Innovation News 734 Brewing Company's "hIgh.P.A." beer. Arts and Culture

Virtual beer tasting to spotlight Ypsi's 734 Brewing and the changing face of Ypsi's Rotary Club

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 4, 2020
Innovation News YpsiWrites' opening celebration in 2019. Kids and Education

YpsiWrites celebrates first year of community writing programming

Sarah RiggWednesday, October 28, 2020
Longform Daniel Wall, Kodi Amritt-Wall,and Imani skating with The 78's!! at Eastern Michigan University. Healthy Communities

Ypsi residents launch community-minded group for roller-skating enthusiasts

Sarah RiggWednesday, October 21, 2020
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