Heritage Row development pushes towards approval
After months and months (it feels like years and years) of starts and stalls, the downtown Ann Arbor project once called City Place is making significant headway. The development, now called Heritage Row, is moving through the city’s planning commission process and heading toward a possible approval as soon as this summer. “We’re making some modifications and some final selections,” says Alex de Parry, the developer of Heritage... [Read More...]
Heritage Row development pushes towards approval
After months and months (it feels like years and years) of starts and stalls, the downtown Ann Arbor project once called City Place is making significant headway. The development, now called Heritage Row, is moving through the city’s planning commission process and heading toward a possible approval as soon as this summer. “We’re making some modifications and some final selections,” says Alex de Parry, the developer of Heritage... [Read More...]
TIME on Regional Development
From TIME.com: Regional Development Moving Forward So how do you get people to move to Michigan? Once they’re here, how do you get them to stay? Does anyone “get it” around here? Yup. There is a groundswell of activity toward these very goals. City administrators, development companies and non-profit business incubators are busy – trying to shed the past and get on with the future. So how do you do it? You get advertising. You get creative... [Read More...]
The Michigan Daily Covers Entrepreneurs and Incubators
Ann Arbor, Venture Capital is the headline of a great article written by Addie Shrodes of The Michigan Daily. The article covers entrepreneurialism in Ann Arbor and includes information about SPARK and the work we do assisting start-ups as well as on the student incubator, TechArb. Read the article. Read More →
AnnArbor.com and Concentrate Feature Local Serial Entrepreneurs
AnnArbor.com and Concentrate cover some local serial entrepreneurs. Click the links below to read their stories. From AnnArbor.com: Dual entrepreneurs reflect next stage of Ann Arbor’s startup community From Concentrate: Ann Arbor’s entrepreneurs multi-task with a variety of start-ups Read More →
Buycentives, CIMple Integrations and Local Orbit Awarded Microloans
Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $95,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program. Buycentives, CIMple Integrations, and Local Orbit received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. Microloans available through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program range from $10,000 to $50,000. To qualify, companies must be a small business located in Michigan, have ownership or license to innovative technology,... [Read More...]
New Chinatown developing near Ypsilanti?
Could the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area organically grow its own Chinatown now that Hua Xing is expanding its Asian market business to include an adjacent restaurant? If plans for further expansion come to fruition the answer could be yes. Xingchou Wang, the owner of Hua Xing Asian Market and his management team have researched and toured many of North America’s major metropolitan areas and noticed they all have something that Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti... [Read More...]
Finding the balance between green space and development in downtown Ann Arbor
Could the city known for its plethora of parks not have enough in its core? That’s the argument of some in Ann Arbor as calls for increasing green space in the college town’s downtown grow louder and more persistent. But where is the line between park and urban development? “Ann Arbor is the one area everyone thinks we don’t have enough parks,” says Ray Detter, chair of the city’s Downtown Area Citizens Advisory... [Read More...]
Ann Arbor SPARK Assists Applicants with Recovery Zone Bonds
Ann Arbor SPARK is assisting applicants with funding available through Recovery Zone Economic Development and Facility Bonds. Appropriated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Recovery Zone Bonds provide reduced rate financing and stimulate economic growth in Recovery Zones. In Washtenaw County, over $33 million is available through the Recovery Zone Facility Bonds program. An additional $17 million is available in the City... [Read More...]
Detroit Electric Holdings in AnnArbor.com and mlive.com
AnnArbor.com and mlive.com today posted stories about Detroit Electric Holdings. Detroit Electric Holdings, a startup electric car company with close ties to Asian vehicle manufacturers, is searching the Ann Arbor region for office space with plans to hire more than 500 engineers. Read more from AnnArbor.com. Detroit Electric Holdings, a startup electric car company, is searching the Ann Arbor, Michigan, region for office space with plans to hire... [Read More...]
