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Arts and Culture
First Fridays Ypsi's 10th year features themes ranging from spring blooms to "Santarchy vs. Krampus"
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Longform
Community Development
"A sleepy village that's just starting to come to life": Dixboro honors the old and embraces the new
Jeanne Hodesh
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Innovation News
Healthy Communities
Ann Arbor's Eberwhite Playground launches $50,000 crowdfunding campaign to win matching state funds
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Feature Story
Community Development
Ypsi charity helps formerly homeless people furnish their new homes
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Innovation News
Community Development
U-M students wrap semester-long project in Sugarbrook neighborhood with holiday party
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Feature Story
Community Development
New tool lending library aims to create "chain reaction of beauty" for West Willow neighborhood
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
The stories behind the scenes of three new Washtenaw County murals
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Video
Arts and Culture
VIDEO: Concentrate/On the Ground Ypsilanti's Ypsi Story Slam
Jesse Miller
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Innovation News
Community Development
Residents invited to give feedback on community development for Ypsi's Parkridge Park area
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Innovation News
Kids and Education
On the Ground Ypsi partners with EMU Upward Bound for student writing challenge
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Feature Story
Community Development
Q&A: Community capital takeaways from ComCap 2019
Model D
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Innovation News
Healthy Communities
New playscape opens as part of project to improve Washtenaw County Human Service center
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Feature Story
Healthy Communities
Ypsi-area community gardens to nurture new projects, collaborations this summer
Sarah Rigg
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Feature Story
Kids and Education
Ypsi school and library gardens bring education outside
Gillian Ream Gainsley
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Innovation News
Community Development
Bridging 23 Unity Walk expects increased participation for second Ypsi-Ann Arbor march
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Feature Story
Economic Development
Could south Ann Arbor's office district become a second downtown?
Emily Benda
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Feature Story
Community Development
A 500th issue letter from the editor
Patrick Dunn
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
Our favorite Concentrate photos of the past nine years, and the stories behind them
Doug Coombe
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Feature Story
Healthy Communities
Washtenaw County's 5 best hiking routes
Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Innovation News
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Workforce pipeline summit presents inequity as source of Michigan's talent shortage
Patrick Dunn
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
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