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Today we take a deeper dive into Master Planning and Zoning. We’ll talk recipes, and racism, and heists - you know, normal master planning stuff.

Links from today's episode:

•  View the City's master pla…

We discuss the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, April 19th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including lots of housing, a little bike stuff, and shenanigans.

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Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up April 5th. We touch on fair access to housing, the Trans Day of Visibility, and as we often do, defunding the police. 

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In today's episode we talk with Addy Finch of ANSWER Detroit about sex worker labor rights and advocacy.

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Today we are taking a deeper dive into the Healthy Streets program that Ann Arbor implemented in response to reduced car traffic and increased demand for safe walking and biking space.

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Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up March 15th. We touch on fair access to housing, the Trans Day of Visibility, and as we often do, defunding the police. 

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Today we are taking a deeper dive into City leadership, because there's more to council than just the resolutions. We’re talking about different visions for the city and how those affect the choices …

Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up March 1st, including a little bit about development, a little bit about rules, and a lot about sidewalks.

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We speak with Trische' Duckworth of Survivors Speak.  We have a conversation about policing and the work that Survivors Speak does.

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Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Tuesday, February 16th. We discuss site plans, Council shenanigans (again), sidewalk snow removal (also again), and take a little t…

Today we are taking a deeper dive into Ann Arbor's city budget. We talk about the public process; revenues, expenditures, and the challenges of budgeting in a pandemic; and end on next steps you can …

Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, February 1st. We discuss sidewalks, well-intentioned white people, and whether Council shenanigans may be going extinct.

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Today we are talking about city boards and commissions: what are they? What do they do? Who can be on them? (hint: you, hopefully!) We interview Ann Arbor resident Julie Weatherbee, an Ann Arbor resi…

Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Tuesday, January 19th. Want to see the agenda for yourself? We have the technology.

We discuss quarterly reports on sustainability, …

 We discuss homelessness in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County: The systems in
 place to help people, and how they fail sometimes.
 
 Special guests:
 * Greg Pratt, longtime advocate, affiliated with Washte…

Today we are talking about the first City Council meeting of 2021. We touch on township island annexations (here's the city's description we mentioned and the policy memo we referenced); the police b…

Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, December 21st, 2020. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items; it isn’t comprehensive, or else this podcast woul…

Today we are taking a deeper dive into how to read a city council agenda. We’ll be walking you through how to find, read, and interpret a City Council meeting agenda to help you, Ann Arbor, follow al…

Is local politics secretly boring? Co-hosts Michelle Hughes, Molly Kleinman, and Jess Letaw take up the question while preparing for Ann Arbor's next City Council meeting on December. 7th, 2020.

They …