Area speed limits to change
The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to change the speed limits on state trunk lines in the city of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Pittsfield Township.
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The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to change the speed limits on state trunk lines in the city of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Pittsfield Township.
Eastern Michigan University Professor Susan Moeller confirmed, to The Eastern Echo June 11, she has decided to run for the seat on Ypsilanti City Council currently held by Michael Bodary in the Second Ward. Bodary announced in May that he would not seek re-election, citing the amount of time required to serve on council, especially considering the city’s current and continuing financial difficulties.
Ypsilanti City Council member Peter Murdock described the four-party agreement for a county-wide transit plan as “the only way Ypsilanti will have public transportation in the future.”
Antonio Cosme, an Eastern Michigan University graduate who heads the Committee for a Safer Ypsilanti, said at a press conference at EMU May 23 that his group will promote an amendment to the Ypsilanti city charter to make “possession of small amounts of cannabis the lowest law enforcement priority.”
Several hundred people helped celebrate the grand opening of Growing Hope’s new Garden and Education Center at 922 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti on Saturday afternoon.
Eastern Michigan University’s Board of Regents made major changes to the management of Eagle Crest Resort, during its meeting Tuesday in 201 Welch Hall, because under the former management arrangement the university had been losing “maybe $150,000 a year” EMU Chief Financial Officer John Lumm said.
Eastern Michigan University held the spotlight at the Ypsilanti City Council meeting Tuesday night at the City Hall downtown. Earlier that afternoon, EMU’s Board of Regents had presented the Presidential Award for Community Partnership to Mayor Paul Schreiber, Council Members Michael Bodary and Daniel Vogt and city staff Teresa Gillotti and Stan Kirton in recognition of the City’s role in improving the intersection of Oakwood and Washtenaw on the edge of campus.
On Saturday at the Ypsilanti District Library, a professional photographer gave a presentation about rock and roll’s entwined history with some of the forgotten buildings of Detroit.
Interest rates for student loans are increasing and so is the default rate for those loans, according to Eastern Michigan University Director of Financial Aid Cynthia Van Pelt.
The Ypsilanti City Council’s meeting on Tuesday covered only a few matters directly affecting the Eastern Michigan University community.
Eastern Michigan University students are paying more attention to making a career plan now than they were before 2008, according to Sarah Kersey Otto, director of Career Development and Outreach in the Advising and Career Development Center.
Last year, Ypsilanti’s Historic District Commission handled over 100 applications, put on six training workshops, proposed a new city ordinance to protect and preserve historic signs and wrote a grant application for money to do the preservation. All this work was done without any permanent staff.
Rich Gorski leads a student chapter of Habitat for Humanity that is partnering with the student chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Eastern Michigan University came up several times in Tuesday evening’s Ypsilanti City Council meeting with respect to petroleum contamination at the site of the College of Business, the value of an intern to the Historic District Commission and the impact of the proposed new city income tax on EMU employees.
The Board of Regents’ Finance, Audit and Investment Committee heard an overall positive report about the university’s five budget categories from university administrators Tuesday afternoon. Members of the committee, which included all Board members, asked questions about each category and the rate of improving the university’s IT infrastructure. The committee also accepted a positive report about WEMU and reviewed a recommendation to extend the contract with Sungard for another ten years as its Banner software.
Monday afternoon, an audience of about 40 heard Emory University Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Leo Owens describe his perception that the political engagement of majority black congregations in historically black churches has lessened, specifically in the Obama years.
The Ypsilanti City Council meeting Tuesday night came on the heels of Interim City Manager John Hansen’s resignation on Feb. 3.