In her speech as Featured Partner at our Home for Good fundraiser earlier this month, Food Gatherers CEO Eileen Spring recounted a decades-long relationship between our organizations, as well as the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County and the Washtenaw Housing Alliance.

TIL "YIGBY" is a thing! 😍

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It was an honor receiving the 2025 Community Champion Award from Avalon Housing for my housing advocacy. Read my acceptance speech here. #a2council thewychefamily.com/receiving-th...

Thank you to everyone who helped make Home for Good 2025 such a great success! Together, we raised $179,000 for supportive housing in the community!

YIMBYism is a rare thing in that it’s a disciplined and effective but largely nonprofessional movement, and if I were a Democratic funder I would spend money on figuring out how to build on that model instead of paying for more issue polls

So he was all about free speech, right?

Dear #A2Council: My path to local advocacy started with this hashtag. Now I am personally inviting each of you to join us at Neighborhood Week, a series of fun events beginning in only 5 days! There is something for everyone. Spots are limited - register now! MoreNeighborsA2.org/NeighborhoodWeek

Stop by the More Neighbors A2 table at Green Fair! Then, join us at Rackham Amphitheater the same evening for inspiring talks and practical tips for making A2 more sustainable and inclusive. Check out all the Neighborhood Week events and register at www.moreneighborsa2.org/neighborhood... #a2council

Has anyone done any reporting on whether MAGA world will accept Trump-like shenanigans from JD? Cause I kind of have my doubts.

Do you have a story to tell about urbanism, housing, safe transportation, or healthy neighborhoods? We want you to submit a proposal for a Lightning Talk. We can help you develop your talk and slides. The deadline is this Sunday! The event will be Saturday, September 20, 6pm. #A2Council

If you're looking for a podcast guest to talk about homelessness and criminalization, I've got some time available this month 🤷🏾‍♂️

Tonight's newsletter is out and it is 🔥 if we may say so ourselves. * Why one A2 parent welcomes multi-unit housing * Just how expensive is it to live in Washtenaw County? * New group connects climate & density c2a2.info * And a CALL FOR SPEAKERS! newsletter.moreneighborsa2.org/p/call-for-s...

I'd say this phenomenon of fake backlash and back-backlash goes back even farther to things like the "politically correct" scare of the 1990s. (or was it the 80s?)

Support more dense and diverse housing in Ann Arbor by signing this petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Bill Kristol, best Dem strategist going -- did not have that on my bingo card.

Yesterday, we opened the Grove at Veridian with more than 100 Avalon staff and supporters. We salute county commissioners Andy LaBarre and Yousef Rabhi, and Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor, for their words of inspiration, and thank all of our partners - avalonhousing.org/tgv-ribboncu... for more.

If you help someone distribute drugs, you might be a "drug dealer" If you accept stolen goods from someone who committed a crime, you might be a "criminal" But if you accept and distribute stolen data from racists... You might work for the NY Times

Also housing.

Rescued a Fukien tea #bonsai from a big box clearance rack and now it has little white blooms 🥳

I would rather beat Ohio State.

All month we’ve celebrated different themes, elements, and aspects of Black music.Today is a little more simple: the song you love in and out, top to bottom. For the *final day* of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share your idea of the perfect song.

The Ann Arbor chapter of Neighbors for More Neighbors just updated their site—it’s beautiful and full of great info on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, how to get involved, and why making room for more neighbors matters. #a2council Check it out: www.moreneighborsa2.org

there's a pretty strong pressure campaign on to delay and weaken land use reform in ann arbor. please sign this petition to remind the council that the YIMBY voters who elected them still want an affordable, growing, and diverse city. neighborspetition.org

These discussions, like one on my neighborhood listserv today, feel as if they're designed to make me feel discouraged and depressed. But a groundswell of activism organized around NFMNA2 is giving me hope and energy. For those who haven't signed yet, please go to neighborspetition.org

I guess I'm supposed to like Tucker Carlson's "I'm confused" schtick better now that he's using it on Republicans? Meh.

This is the status quo. People can't afford to live here. If you want change, sign the petition at neighborspetition.org to urge the #a2council to adopt a land-use plan that promotes higher density and greater diversity in housing. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Neighbors for More Neighbors A2 is a grassroots group of #AnnArbor residents in partnership with the Washtenaw Housing Alliance. Its mission is to stand up for secure, abundant homes for everyone in Ann Arbor. Add your voice in support of their work here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New chant: "O-H!" "A-I!" www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...

How come nobody calls him Nemby?

Ann Arbor is facing a housing shortage that touches every corner of our community—from cost-burdened renters and priced-out middle-income families to seniors unable to downsize affordably. #A2Council

OG ANTIFA

Oh it's Musk vs. Trump now? This is like Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Can it end in a 0-0 tie?

I just signed this petition letting #A2Council know that I support the increased housing density and diversity being proposed in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan revisions for Ann Arbor forms.gle/QdQyhnKmgUQm...

If you support updating our zoning to include missing middle housing (think duplexes, triplexes, townhomes and small apartments) and to help Ann Arbor be more equitable, inclusive, affordable, and sustainable in the year 2050, please add your name to this petition: tinyurl.com/mprxua9s #A2Council

I just signed this petition letting #A2Council know that I support the increased housing density and diversity being proposed in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan revisions for Ann Arbor forms.gle/QdQyhnKmgUQm...

Please join us for a “Conversation With Your Councilmembers” on the draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan! CM Ghazi Edwin and I will be joined by special guests Mayor Christopher Taylor & City Planner Michelle Bennett — Monday, June 9 from 5-6:30pm at the Ann Arbor Senior Center. #A2Council

List of former Ohio state athletes I like: 1. Jesse Owens 2. Mike Conley

I just blocked Mozghan or however you spell it for posting antisemitic images #a2council

Jokic: mugged by Caruso, robbed by the NBA

Is there such a thing as a four year continuing resolution?

#nba seems like the refs started out consciously trying not to give SHA those flop calls, but now they’ve changed their minds #WCF

one my least favorite aspects of modern life is being asked to rate everything I buy. an automated email just asked me to write a review of sphagnum moss.

The idea that people don't "deserve" health care, or food, or housing, because their papers are wrong or they don't have a job or they've used drugs or they are mentally ill or etc. is sickening. We need to show the human costs of these policies.

nobody asked, but here's my take on Screamin' A (apropos of this NYT piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/s...: he was underestimated for a long time because people didn't realize that his NBA takes in particular were based on deep reporting -- he is/was a very good reporter with a lot of sources. /1