Ann Arbor weathered a water emergency last week, but concerns remain for the future of the city’s vital infrastructure.
At a May meeting of the Ypsilanti City Council, Amy Xue Foster — a Chinese-born, Troy-based businesswoman — proposed an ambitious project to construct a glittering high-end apartment complex on a patch of dilapidated industrial land. To be dubbed “International Village,” the complex would sport distinctly East-Asian architectural decor and target well-to-do Asian nationals attending Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan or working in automotive research.
Tuesday’s Ann Arbor City Council elections concluded with Jane Lumm, Jack Eaton and Chip Smith emerging as winners, affirming the status quo in the legislature. This Tuesday was the final odd-year election in Ann Arbor, as residents voted in 2016 to move councilmember term length from two to four years.
Ward 2 — WINNER JANE LUMM
Tuesday’s City Council elections concluded with incumbents Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2, Jack Eaton D-Ward 4, and Chip Smith, D-Ward 5, emerging as winners, affirming the status quo in the legislative body.
Lumm won with 64.04 percent of the vote, Eaton with 72.6 percent and Smith with 51.47 percent.
Ann Arbor's last odd-year City Council elections will take place this upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 7. The Michigan Daily sat down with six of the eight candidates to discuss platforms and how local races impact University students.
Ward 2
On a Sunday afternoon in October, about 15 Ann Arbor residents gathered at the parking lot in Fuller Park. Bracing the cold wind, the group listened in as members voiced their concerns over the potential relocation of Ann Arbor’s railroad station from the current location on Depot Street to Fuller Park.
The meeting was hosted by Protect A2 Parks, an environmental advocacy group, as part of its All Aboard On Depot Street initiative and included a tour of the Fuller and Depot locations ahead of public commentary on the subject closing Nov. 2.
Pitching his political platform, State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, gubernatorial candidate, R-Canton, spoke to members of the University of Michigan’s chapter of College Republicans on Wednesday at the Michigan Union.
As a Japanese citizen who grew up in New Jersey, I know many Asian expatriates who never quite felt comfortable living here.
Northern New Jersey is an area with a large Korean immigrant population. Many of my childhood friends attended Korean churches and associated with Korean cliques in middle school. I was once a part of this clique, along with a Nepalese friend. A Korean family friend also told me Korean adults in my area never really needed to master English because of how cohesive their community was.
On Friday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a case of measles, a highly contagious airborne disease, in a Livingston County adult who commutes to Washtenaw County for work, according to a press release from Washtenaw County Public Health.