Ypsilanti - Washtenaw Talent Center focuses on Washtenaw Avenue

concentrate, 10/15/2009

Some smart people have big plans for turning one of Washtenaw County's dreariest corridors into one of its most dynamic.

Excerpt:

Washtenaw Avenue isn't the thoroughfare that's known for bringing smiles to faces, at least not like Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor or Cross Street in Depot Town, Ypsilanti.

The Washtenaw Talent Center wants to change it. A group of local stakeholders is working on a plan to turn the suburban-strip-mall-dominated byway into something much more urban and sustainable.

"We're investigating its redevelopment potential," says Anya Dale, a senior planner with Washtenaw County's Office of Strategic Planning.

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Government , Redevelopment

Ypsilanti , Ann Arbor