What appears to be fertilizer has been spread over the vast field of dirt that is the Broadway Village site.
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What appears to be fertilizer has been spread over the vast field of dirt that is the Broadway Village site.
Green Grand Voyager with the license plate “YODAVAN”
Green bell peppers litter the gutter on the hill next to the Fleetwood Diner. [photo]
“Coming Soon” posters in the former Kaplan and Instant Furniture Rental buildings depict new restaurants and intensive computer-generated foot traffic.
A few blocks down the street, Karl Pohrt welcomes someone, with a smile, into the old Shaman Drum, now closed.
Noon: Sonic Lunch in full swing at Liberty Plaza – Red Arrow Highway on stage, lots of folks milling around, some eating lunch.
7:40 p.m. Call it the Day of the Deer. There’s one standing in a driveway, and it’s not clear whether it or the bicyclist is more surprised at the encounter.
Artisan Bistro is dark, and there’s a “for lease” sign in the window.
3:11 p.m. A spirited game of foursquare is underway on the Diag.
Moving boxes piling up outside Shaman Drum.
Deer crossing Huron Parkway…
Police driving through the Diag.
Display windows almost empty, shelves sparsely filled, long line at the checkout – final day for Shaman Drum Bookshop. It’s open until 7 p.m. – and then, farewell.
Man biking on sidewalk flies over handlebars to avoid possible collision with exiting gallery patron.
Outside the Workantile, Mike Bergren, with field operations with the city of Ann Arbor, helping to locate spots for DDA’s wayfinding signs. Those are the green stencils that say “Sign” that have been appearing on downtown sidewalks. Bergren says the holes will be augered 48 inches deep – starting after the art fairs. [Photo not of Bergren but of his colleague, whose name I didn't get.]
A sweet older lady and lovely young woman going door-to-door, handing out literature about how to survive the end of the world.
Skateboarder being pulled along by motorcycle.
From under the Michigan Theater canopy I see an open jeep with Queen’s “I want to ride my bi-cy-cle, I want to ride my bike” blaring. Just ahead an AAPD bicycle-mounted cop pedals along. I laugh. Driver laughs.
A2 news “Food Fun and Fitness” littering sidewalks and lawn extensions.
Former Leopold Bros. building is packed with people there for a wedding reception (an assumption based on a table full of gifts wrapped mostly in white, plus what looked like a ring pillow). One lovely decorating touch: Green apples serve as candleholders for white candles placed in the windows.
Argo Pond livery is hopping with canoers, swimmers, sunbathers, and bikers.
Framing for partitions visible through the windows of the former Peter Sparling Dance Studio. Looks as though that space is being subdivided.
11:30 p.m. About 15 people out taking pictures by the Rock, which they have just finished painting.
Horse trailer with two horses sticking their heads out of window, having time of their lives.
4 p.m. Wedding rehearsal in progress in the main screening room. Barton Theatre pipe organ being put to good use.
Overpowering scent of mulch as workers landscape the area around the county administration building. Cedar or pine? Can’t tell.
12 noon. Chalked on wall facing Liberty: “BEAT IT! M.J. R.I.P.”
7:02 p.m. Ann Arbor District Library downtown location main branch: Allen Creek drain and creekshed presentation getting under way. [photo]
Lightning struck a tree at Veterans Memorial Park again. About four trees south of the last one to get struck. Along Maple South of Dexter. It’s still standing but the middle of the tree looks twisted and shredded.
4:17 p.m. Storm water system is just about overwhelmed.
4:13 p.m. Whitewater in front of the Fleetwood.
What appears to be fertilizer has been spread over the vast field of dirt that is the Broadway Village site.
The Lansing State Journal publishes an op/ed piece by Kara Rumsey, who works for the advocacy group PIRGIM in Ann Arbor. Rumsey argues that there should be a public option for health care, in addition to private insurers. She writes: “The reality is that the public option will be well positioned to implement the type of smart cost controls that private insurers should have adopted long ago. It could create incentives for primary care and prevention; pay doctors for outcomes, not just the number of tests run and procedures performed; and create incentives for utilizing research on which treatments work best, silencing the hyperbolic sales pitches of drug company salesmen.” [Source]
Want to know who to thank for getting July declared as Michigan Craft Beer Month? That would be state Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, the primary sponsor of House Resolution 117. The resolution states, in part: “Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body designate July 2009 as Michigan Craft Beer Month as a celebration of the contributions that Michigan craft brewers have made to the state’s communities, economy, and history; and be it further Resolved, That we commend Michigan craft brewers for providing jobs, improving the balance of trade, supporting Michigan agriculture, and educating residents about the history and culture of beer while promoting the responsible consumption of beer as a beverage of moderation.” [Source]
In an article about a proposed Main Street business improvement zone (BIZ), we incorrectly listed the corporate affiliation of Rob Spears, a member of the BIZ initiative’s transitional board. He is with Cabrio Properties. Additionally, Keith Orr is a tentative board member, but is not currently on the board. We also clarified that a portion of Liberty Street on either side of Main is included in the proposed BIZ district. We note the errors here, and have corrected the original article.
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