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The Ann Arbor Sports Commission is kicking off the summer with some big sporting events in the Ypsilanti area. One of which is the return of the RowFest National Championship on Ford Lake in Ypsilanti Township, running July 10-19. Lee Van Roth provided all of the details on this exciting event in a conversation with the Director of the Ann Arbor Sports Commission, Meaghan Hughes.

The Ann Arbor Area received a 2026 Governor’s Award for Innovative Tourism Collaboration for the development of the EMU Rowing Course at Ford Lake in Ypsilanti Township. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Sports has an economic impact of hundreds of millions of dollars in Washtenaw County and not just University of Michigan athletics. The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Regional Chamber Commerce held a meeting Wednesday morning to talk about some other sporting events in the area. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.