Ypsilanti to launch marketing blitz for Water Street

Ypsilanti's leaders are looking to take their best shot at finding a new developer for the Water Street project this spring. They plan on aggressively marketing the development at the Brownfields 2008 conference in Detroit in early May.

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Some might see it as putting lipstick on a pig, but Ypsilanti officials expect that will be a good thing for a developer looking to bring home some bacon.

City officials plan to aggressively market the Water Street project at the upcoming Brownfields 2008 conference in Detroit. The idea is to spark interest in developers of who specialize in building on brownfield sites, which are normally polluted or obsolete.

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