A city without a downtown is like a book without its pages. So it's a good thing to know that Ann Arbor and Ypsi have prioritized the coming year by focusing on keeping their downtowns vibrant.
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Economic health will always affect and be affected by our downtown
areas. It's good to see them among both councils' priorities. Each one
is critical to each city's appeal, and both will need great care. Of
course, this isn't a new concern. Ypsilanti administrators have already
assembled an economic team and streamlined tax-abatement rules, while
Ann Arbor's specific goal of zoning revisions is the result of a
lengthy process. The plan is still being revised, and it will be
important to ensure that the result makes it easier, not harder, to do
business downtown.
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