Ann Arbor councilman reports receiving ‘threatening, homophobic mail’
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Travis Radina, D-3rd Ward, talks about facing anti-gay harassment and speaks out against Council Member Jeff Hayner s use of a homophobic slur to attack journalists on social media.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI After speaking out about an Ann Arbor City Council colleague’s use of a homophobic slur on Facebook, Travis Radina said he received anti-gay hate mail.
“This weekend, the fallout against our LGBTQ community continued,” Radina, who is openly gay, told his colleagues at the council meeting Monday night, April 19.
Ann Arbor dioxane cleanup advocates plan rally in Lansing to get Whitmer’s attention
Updated Apr 09, 2021;
Posted Apr 09, 2021
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to members of the press before receiving her first dose of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Joneigh Khaldun at Ford Field on Tuesday April, 6, 2021.Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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ANN ARBOR, MI After four months with no word from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on whether she’ll support a federal Superfund cleanup of the Gelman dioxane plume in Ann Arbor, local advocates are getting ready to travel to Lansing.
They’re planning to rally on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, urging Whitmer to issue a concurrence letter in support of having the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consider placing the decades-old plume on the National Priorities List for a Superfund cleanup.
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Ann Arbor approves 25,000 square-foot west side retail development
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Lewis Jewelers is located on West Stadium Boulevard. L Jeff Sainlar I MLive file photoMLive file photo
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ANN ARBOR, MI A nearly 25,000 square-foot retail development is moving forward in Ann Arbor.
Lewis Jeweler in December 2020 proposed to develop three buildings at 300 S. Maple Road, where the former Quarter Bistro restaurant was located.
City Council approved the plans on Monday, March 15. The jewelry store, which sells engagement rings, wedding banks, timepieces, certified loose diamonds and fashion jewelry, is currently located at 2000 W. Stadium Blvd. but announced plans in 2020 to move into a larger space.
22 new townhouses receive initial OK for development on Ann Arbor’s Main Street
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI A new townhouse-style condo development on Main Street could be cleared to move forward soon.
The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night, March 15, to give its initial OK to rezone the property at 700 N. Main St. to allow Auburn Hills-based Trowbridge Companies to build 22 market-rate condos.
The project, called Near North, is now due for final council approval April 19.
The site is across from the Ann Arbor Community Center, where an affordable housing project stalled several years ago and a row of eight houses was demolished.