By: Eric
This area is close to the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks. Old railbeds are often severely contaminated with chemicals from pre-environmental times when tank and bulk rail cars leaked like sieves and...
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It seems like the priorities are opposite what would be best to spend tax dollars on. Why not do the infrastructure improvements first, storm water, sanitary, trails and sidewalk, etc, if needed, then...
View ArticleBy: Anne Laurance
I travel through this area at least every other week and it isn’t a welcoming experience. (I am usually going to Zingerman’s for bread.) As a beginning courtesy to the community, why not have a flagman...
View ArticleBy: Steve Borgsdorf
Sorry, but spare me the trees and signs and “gateway” features. Aesthetics–regardless of whose–are nowhere near as important as infrastructure improvements. The “State Street Corridor” will only ever...
View ArticleBy: Eric
Plenty of people bike to work up South State on bikes. I do it often and see others every day. One of the nicest things you could do to improve bike commuting in the area, IMO, would be to build the...
View ArticleBy: Vivienne Armentrout
Whoa! Let’s not go anywhere with that Corridor Improvement Authority idea unless there is a strongly perceived need. That would cream property taxes from new development into a TIFA authority not...
View ArticleBy: Jim Rees
I work near the corner of State and Eisenhower and bike every day. I have very little faith in the City’s ability to improve this corridor. The more money they spend the worse it gets. For me...
View ArticleBy: liberalnimby
@Vivienne: I don’t know all the different methods for structuring TIF districts, but do you think that all ways would be a net negative for the overall city economy? I’d imagine it would be quite a...
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