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The Ann Arbor City Council is expected to vote tonight on the Brownfield Plan and Public-Private Agreement for the Arbor South Development. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

Early this morning, the Michigan Legislature approved a roughly $80 billion budget for the fiscal year. State Senator Jeff Irwin is chair of the Appropriations Committee for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The Ann Arbor Democrat joined WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director Lisa Wozniak to provide a snapshot of the environmental implications of the budget.

Two long-awaited Ann Arbor housing developments are a step closer to reality. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

Ypsilanti’s Water Street Redevelopment project is moving forward. As Kevin Meerschaert reports, the excavation work on contaminated soil could begin as early as this week.

One of Ann Arbor’s formally most polluted brownfield sites is a step closer to redevelopment. The former DTE Energy site on Broadway next to the Huron River has sat empty for years. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Chelsea’s Main Street Park Alliance has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ypsilanti City Council has voted to create an Ad-Hoc Citizens Committee to create a request for qualifications (RFQ) plan to help plans for the Water Street Redevelopment Area to move forward. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Ypsilanti is making progress on one of the city’s last pieces of undeveloped properties: the Water Street Redevelopment Area. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

A blighted, vacant industrial property in Scio Township is getting some brownfield funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ypsilanti City Council heard an update Tuesday night regarding the cleanup of the lead and PCB contaminants at the Water Street parcel and when redevelopment might be able to take place. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.