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Ypsilanti City Council voted to approve a reimbursement agreement for Water Street. It was approved unanimously at last night’s meeting. WEMU’s Josh Hakala explains.

A plan to clean up and redevelop an old industrial site in Scio Township will be the focus of a public hearing and vote at tonight's Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting. We get the details from WEMU’s Taylor Pinson.

The city of Ann Arbor wants a private developer to build on a contaminated and blighted property across from the downtown YMCA. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

The old DTE coal-gasification site along the Huron River is about to undergo a massive transformation. It is to be converted into the new, seven-acre, Broadway Park West. It is to include new mixed-use development for housing and retail with more greenspace and community connectivity. Still, there are environmental issues and concerns to be addressed. Marie Klopf is president of the Lower Town Riverfront Conservancy, and she joined WEMU's David Fair with up-to-date progress information.

The development of Water Street has been on the wish list of Ypsilanti politicians and residents for decades. Last night, two developers made their pitches on their vision for the vacant downtown area. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

Developers proposing a condominium project in Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown district have just been approved for some $1.7 million in state funding to clean up contamination at the site. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.

An affordable housing development in the Depot Town area of Ypsilanti took another step toward reality Wednesday night. WEMU's Josh Hakala has more.

In this week's "Civic Matters," WEMU's Patrick Campion talks to Mary Morgan from the CivCity Initiative about the latest political developments in…

Big business investors are waiting on Governor Rick Snyder to give them a break. A tax break that is – to build on blighted land. The Senate gave final…

Legislation that would give companies building on blighted and undesirable land a tax break is swiftly making its way through the Senate. But it could be…