Holiday tree on downtown Ann Arbor public property draws ‘trash’ and ‘graffiti’ complaints
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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ANN ARBOR, MI A holiday tree planted by local residents on a city-owned parking lot in downtown Ann Arbor is drawing mixed reactions, including complaints to the city.
While some welcome the five-foot Douglas fir planted and decorated last week on the Fifth Avenue Library Lot, ceremonially marking the start of the future Center of the City park and commons, multiple people have filed formal complaints, reporting it via the city’s A2 Fix It app.
“Someone has illegally placed a Christmas tree on city property,” one person with the user name “City of Ann Arbor Neighbor” wrote, reporting it as unwanted “graffiti” on public property and adding, “please remove.”
First holiday tree planted at Ann Arbor’s future Center of the City park site
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
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ANN ARBOR, MI It may still be a parking lot for now, but some residents have big hopes for a future downtown park and civic commons on Ann Arbor’s Library Lot.
To ceremonially mark the start of the future Center of the City park and commons, about a dozen residents came together Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, to plant and decorate a five-foot holiday tree in a red planter box at the Fifth Avenue site.
“Ready? Watch your fingers!” Kevin Leeser called out as local residents Alan Haber and Tom Stevens helped him rock the bulky tree off the back of his pickup truck into one of city’s landscape planters, which they dug out to make room for the Douglas fir.