Fueled by tacos and hope, our members gave 🔥 comments at #A2Council Planning Commission last night. Tonight we have Handlebar Happy Hour at Bløm Meadworks sponsored by the DDA and the Bicycle Alliance of Washtenaw! Pizza! $1 off drinks! 5-7PM. Learn more about Neighborhood Week below! 🧵

Please don't do months of research, design, and fabrication to make a bike rack. Just buy and install a good simple bike rack that works (not this one).

In #AnnArbor home prices and pedestrian crashes are 📈. What can we do about it? Learn & network at Neighborhood Week, with events kicking off THIS SUNDAY! Here are some highlights. 🧵 #A2Council

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

Or, in the words of some local nextdoor users, "The crosswalk law gives pedestrians a false sense of security." #a2council

Neighborhood Week 2025 registration is now open! Review the agenda, sign up to give a ⚡ talk, read the FAQ, and REGISTER for Neighborhood Week events here: MoreNeighborsA2.org/neighborhoodweek #neighborhoodweek2025 #annarbor #michigan #housing #visionzero #transportation #A2Council

Recent federal directives have prioritized funding research on regret and detransition following gender-affirming care. @kgamarel.bsky.social et al: This disproportionate focus on regret, affecting less than 1% of recipents, diverts resources from health epidemiological-based research priorities.

I talked to WEMU about why I voted for Props A&B after voting for a "park" in 2018. I'm embarrassed to share that. But I want the many voters like me to know that we can vote for AADL to provide our public common space downtown (and so much more). #A2Council www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...

Relevant to #a2council discussions about unit limits. 27% is a lot better than 182% but still going the wrong direction…

It's true. I've met many lovely people while volunteering for @moreneighborsa2.org. One's a grad student in a multiplex on my block who has to move bc a new mgmt company is raising the rent. Another grad student and one undergrad I met use food pantries bc their rent is so high. #A2Council

Dozens of dedicated volunteers put in sweat and time repping More Neighbors A2. They report stories like this: positive interactions with neighbors, sometimes leading to deeper connections. We envision a more densely populated and inclusive Ann Arbor where these interactions are commonplace.

Library Grievance Conspiracy has teamed up with Pause the Plan and spent a ton of money to mail postcards full of lies about selling parkland. #A2council

This is the grassroots YIMBY organization we've been waiting for. Join in if you haven't yet, #A2Council. 👇

#a2council @mayortaylora2.bsky.social is doing an AMA on Reddit tomorrow! Go and ask him anything you've wondered, from housing and bike lane policy to what his favourite cheese is! www.reddit.com/r/AnnArbor/c...

#A2Council Once again, it is laid out in full view: No matter the pains the City takes to address every fear, no matter what topic we give in on, the stream of bad-faith objections will never end. Process objections are weaponized to stop the outcome they don't want. More capitulation will not help.

TIL Ann Arbor's Mayor from 1905 to 1907 was Will Ferrell's Old Prospector after he found a barber.

#A2Council wisely ended parking minimums. But are we working on effectively managing curb parking in high demand areas? Residents worry zoning reform will reduce their access to nearby curb parking. The fear is unreasonable in most of the city, but could probably be addressed. See below 👇

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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...

#A2Council We're going to show Ann Arbor that most residents stand up for smarter laws and better housing options. The status quo may be working for some, but we want an Ann Arbor For All. Let's stop banning the good housing we need. We need a new plan. ⤵️

Building Ann Arbor For All means smarter laws to give us more abundant housing options. 📈 Affordability 📈 Local biz 📈 AAPS enrollment 📈 Socio-economic diversity 📉 Carbon emissions 📉 Displacement 📉 Landlord power ✍️ Sign here neighborspetition.org 💡 Learn here moreneighborsa2.org 📤 Share widely

*Less than 13% of city land is available for new housing under current zoning. We need more housing of all types, in more places, for Ann Arbor to truly be a community where people of all ages, incomes & backgrounds can live and thrive. #A2Council * Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My new column at Governing is on my family's choice to take the convenience of an urban neighborhood over a larger home and yard. Not everyone wants to raise kids in this environment, but more families should be able to make this choice if they want to: www.governing.com/urban/high-d...

Woohoo!! A2 Summer Streets 2025 returns to downtown #AnnArbor starting TODAY, Thursday, June 5, and will run every weekend through August! 🚧 Details: Every Thurs (starts 4p)-Mon (ends 6a), June–August, Main St, William to Washington; Liberty, Ashley to Fourth, Washington, Ashley to Main. #a2council

Car oriented retail development continues to bring on the dystopia.

Absolutely brutal to see what was lost for so little gain. www.reddit.com/r/Detroit/co... #Detroit #Interstates #Urbanism

People arguing that #A2Council should refuse the AADL's request to rezone its downtown property - needed to replace the deteriorating Frankenstein's monster bldg - have completely discredited themselves. Those people are... *checks notes* the exact same people arguing against citywide zoning reform.

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

Thread: Athlete appearances on Sesame Street Julius Erving

Want a fun way to show your support for more neighbors as Ann Arbor updates its Comprehensive Land Use Plan? Check out these cool purple Tshirts @jentalley.bsky.social designed. Attend #A2Council and Planning Commission meetings in style. 💜 jentalleydesign.dashery.com/products/755...

Fresh asphalt for the new Ralph C Wilson Jr trail around Belle Isle. Photos from 5/17/2025 #IronBelleTrail

This comes up a lot, #A2Council. We all make our decisions within a constrained set of choices. Finding the perfect place is rare. But legalizing more housing would let people choose from a larger, more diverse set of options. People will be better off for it, despite imperfections.

#A2Council Fresh population growth estimates for 23-24. Ypsilanti, Saline, Scio Twnshp, and Pittsfield Twnshp all grew by more than 3%. Ann Arbor (city) +0.2% Our current land use policies encourage sprawl. Make Ann Arbor welcoming. Legalize housing. www.bridgemi.com/quality-life...

Getting where you need to go without a car will make your day better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEuh...

One of the buzziest ideas in housing reform lately is allowing apartment buildings with just one staircase, instead of two. Though a standard design around the world, American fire safety officials are strongly opposed I wrote about the debate and research for @vox.com www.vox.com/housing/4101...

And the award for best joke at #A2Council on may May 5th goes to.... 🥁 🥁 🥁 Mark S. for "I lived in a green rental house.... there was a plant growing through my kitchen wall." 👏 👏 👏

Is this not stardom?

What is the worst place in Ann Arbor and why is it the comments section of the mayor's Facebook profile? #A2Council

#A2Council It is only a matter of time.

I stayed up late watching 6 hours (!) of #A2Council planning commission tonight, AMA. Then I posted on NextDoor about how critical public feedback was in the discussion of and votes on revisions. It turns out the Planning Commissioners aren't developer toadies hellbent on ruining neighborhoods?

If you believe creating equitable opportunities for housing in Ann Arbor and making it possible for more neighbors to live here, please host a Neighbors for More Neighbors yard sign, #a2council. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#A2Council apartment buildings are filled with human beings young and old and in every household arrangement and they have joy and aspirations and fun and frustrations and just let people live here my god

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

The opposition to reform in the #A2Council housing debates loves to say "families want single family homes with a yard." But families' housing needs evolve through the lifecourse. We need to allow a variety of housing to meet the diversity of housing needs.

Detroit represent, Dequindre Cut

OK Earth, you get ONE DAY.

When I'm working on today's NYT Crossword puzzle

What’s an “EV”? It doesn’t have to be a $30,000, two-ton SUV with a 1,000-lb battery carrying one person watching the road. It can be a low-fare streetcar with no battery comfortably carrying 100 people reading, resting or enjoying the view. sites.libsyn.com/563130/stree...