Here’s how you can volunteer with Ann Arbor Parks in February
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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Lend your hand at several events in February in Ann Arbor’s natural areas.
The city of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation runs regular volunteer events to restore the city’s parks and natural areas while fostering a concern for the environment among residents.
Performed by both staff and volunteers, activities include ecological monitoring, animal inventories and stewardship projects. NAP continues to monitor guidance from city and other health officials. Events are subject to change if they should be deemed unsafe for the public. If such changes should occur, registrants will be notified and updates will be made to NAP’s website. For the most up-to-date information, visit www.a2gov.org/NAPevents.
Weston Vivian, former Ann Arbor congressman and civil rights advocate, dies at 96
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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He was 96.
A devoted family man and accomplished educator and scientist, he passed away in Ann Arbor with family by his side Dec. 4, according to his obituary.
Vivian was elected to represent Michigan’s 2nd District in a Democratic landslide in 1964, unseating Republican George Meader in a district considered a GOP stronghold at the time.
He and several other one-term Democrats were defeated two years later amid a Republican resurgence, but they accomplished a lot in their short time in office.
“Even in just a single term in Congress, Weston Vivian left his mark on our nation by working with my husband, John, to enact the Voting Rights Act and create Medicare and Medicaid,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, said in a statement.
A parcel just east of Vail’s Middle Creek Village is being eyed as a replacement for building housing on the Booth Heights parcel in East Vail.
The Vail Town Council in January launched an effort to keep housing off the 23.3-acre Booth Heights property in East Vail. That work has always been complicated, and recently became more difficult.
Vail Town Manager Scott Robson on Tuesday told the Vail Town Council that Vail Resorts has “paused” its involvement in three-way negotiations regarding the parcel.
Robson told councilmembers the resort company has stated a need to focus on opening its resorts, and keeping them open this season.