Does Washtenaw County have sufficient infrastructure to keep people warm this...
With yet another huge winter storm system headed our way, and temperatures expected to reach well below 0 °F by the end of this weekend, I reached out to several people who work with Washtenaw County’s...
View ArticleIncreasing options for our neighbors without either heat or shelter
On Saturday I posted something here about the plight of the homeless during this week’s polar vortex, which, as I understand it, has brought temperatures near levels not experienced in the region since...
View ArticleHow do we deal with the homeless in Ann Arbor? Easy, hire greeters on Segways...
A few days ago, in a post about the increasing number of economic refugees making their way from Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti, I noted a new program being considered by the Ann Arbor Downtown Development...
View ArticleWhen “shooing away” doesn’t work… Or why we were right to stop the Ann Arbor...
Remember how, a few months ago, a bunch of us got up in arms over plans hatched by the Ann Arbor DDA to hire a small army of Segway-riding “ambassadors” to cheerfully open doors for well-healed...
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