MEDC launches new Michigan Advanced Technician Training Program to train...
Workers at the Milan Automotive Components Holdings LLC plant in Milan (now Inergy) take "mules" off the line where bumper covers are made. The MEDC hopes its new program will encourage a new...
View ArticleQ&A with Kirk Profit: Michigan Legislature's challenge is to move beyond a...
Following a marathon lame duck session where a flurry of bills were passed by the Michigan Legislature, state lawmakers are preparing for the start of a new legislative session. Gov. Rick Snyder and...
View ArticleChelsea Alehouse Brewery opens in downtown Chelsea
Previous story: Cheers! Chelsea Alehouse Brewery will bring Michigan's craft beer history full circle when it opens The Chelsea Alehouse Brewery opened Thursday in Chelsea's Clocktower complex,...
View ArticlePrimo Coffee House closes after 9 years in Ypsilanti Township
Primo Coffee House in Ypsilanti Township closed its doors permanently last Monday. Primo Coffee House in Ypsilanti Township has closed after being open for nine years.Courtesy Facebook Primo Coffee...
View ArticleGovernment to require electric cars to make noise to warn pedestrians
DETROIT — The government wants all electric and hybrid vehicles to make some noise when traveling under 18 miles per hour so pedestrians can hear them coming. Chevy VoltCourtesy photoThe National...
View ArticleUpscale American restaurant Vellum now open in downtown Ann Arbor
After five days of working in the kitchen at Vellum, Peter Roumanis is pleased with customer feedback at his new downtown Ann Arbor restaurant. Located at 209 S. Main St., Vellum opened its doors last...
View ArticlePittsfield Township's Planning Commission will consider day care center and...
Starlight Daycare LLC is requesting a conditional use permit to open a day care center at 4080 Packard.Photo from Swisher CommercialPittsfield Township’s Planning Commission will consider a request...
View ArticleSmart meters: Ann Arbor residents want health effects considered in...
Editor's note: This story has been edited to indicate a claim made by Linda Kurtz. Pages of personal testimony from DTE Energy Company customers in Ann Arbor and its southeast Michigan environs are on...
View ArticleIndependent Literati Bookstore signs lease in downtown Ann Arbor
Rick Snyder's former campaign office will be a bookstore before the end of spring.Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.comIt’s official: Ann Arbor will have a new downtown independent bookstore. After some...
View ArticleHotel plans revitalized for Jackson Road property in Ann Arbor
Plans to build a Hampton Inn hotel at 2900 Jackson Ave. in Ann Arbor are being revitalized several years after the project was proposed and approved. A notice circulated to nearby property owners last...
View ArticleNew housing development planned on Glendale Drive in Ann Arbor's West Side
There is not very much empty space left in Ann Arbor for new housing developments. However, plans are in the works for a new 16-unit multi-family condominium complex on a currently unused lot on...
View ArticleBrahma Steakhouse & Lounge closes in Pittsfield Township; new restaurant...
The Brahma Steakhouse & Lounge has closed and a new restaurant will replace it in mid-January.Julie Baker | AnnArbor.com After being open for nearly a year, the Brahma Steakhouse & Lounge in...
View ArticleSusan Pollay, CEO Podcast: Conversations on Economic Opportunity
Susan Pollay, Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity capture the flavor of my one-on-one conversations with over one hundred key...
View ArticleAnn Arbor officials: Row of blighted houses along North Main Street must be...
This dangerous building notice was posted on the house at 708 N. Main St. in November, requiring the property owner to demolish or repair the home.Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com Ann Arbor officials are...
View ArticleBaskin-Robbins ice cream shop closes on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor
Workers packed up boxes and moved them on Dec. 27 from the former Baskin Robbins on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor.Joseph Tobianski | AnnArbor.comThe Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop in Ann Arbor’s Plymouth...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan student venture hopes to cut fuel emissions in small...
Yao-Ting Tsai shows off the display for picoSpray, a fuel injection system for small engines developed by U-M students.Ben Freed | AnnArbor.comPicoSpray was founded by University of Michigan students...
View ArticleNew roofs coming to Ann Arbor's Cobblestone Farm and events barn
The historic Tincknor-Campbell cobblestone farmhouse and its neighboring events barn in Ann Arbor have both been plagued recently by roof leaks. The Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution Monday...
View ArticleFaurecia making facility improvements at former ACH plant in Saline
French automotive components manufacturer Faurecia has been making improvements to the plant in Saline they purchased from Autmotive Components Holdings in the spring of 2012 according to a report in...
View ArticleDowntown Dexter's new Bits & Pizzas restaurant on track to open by summer
Robert and Mindy D’OriaFrom FacebookThe owners of a new pizzeria in downtown Dexter started a buildout on the restaurant on Monday and hope to be open by summer, Dexter Patch reports. Bits &...
View ArticleBusiness Law & Order - Intellectual Property II: Keys to Technology...
Datebook is your source for information about important business events going on in the greater Ann Arbor area. FEATURED EVENT: • Jan. 21: Business Law & Order - Intellectual Property II: Keys to...
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