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NEWS
The Grove on North
Campus undergoes
latest renovations
$6.9 million project
plans for volleball
court, rain gardens and
new walkways
By ALYSSA BRANDON
Summer Managing News Editor
Construction on North Campus
is underway as renovations to The
Eda U. Gerstacker Grove kick off
near the North Campus Diag.
According to a statement from
the College of Engineering, the
goal of the project — named the
Grove Project — is to transform
the four-acre Gerstacker Grove
into a space where students can
linger and connect, making it a
space comparable to that of the
Diag on Central Campus.
Last
week,
the
University
Regents approved designs for the
$6.9 million project design from
Stoss, a Boston-based design firm.
Renovations to the grove include
new walkways, a paved plaza
near the Ann and Robert H. Lurie
Tower, and a sand volleyball court.
The design also calls for an addi-
tional 180 trees with rain gardens.
In a statement, the Taubman
College of Architecture and Urban
Planning Dean Monica Ponce
de Leon said the Grove Project’s
unique design will help connect
the engineering and architecture
communities.
“The design of an interdisci-
plinary mixed-use outdoor space
on North Campus brings U-M’s
premiere arts, architecture and
engineering communities togeth-
er in an unprecedented interac-
tive and visible way,” Ponce de
Leon said. “Conceptualizing the
existing space for new purposes
will provide a venue for recre-
ation, exhibition and performance
unlike any other on Michigan’s
campus, creating a new destina-
tion for the arts and sciences.”
In an interview with the Daily,
University planner Susan Gott
said the project was first concep-
tualized during the creation of the
2008 North Campus Master Plan,
which calls for a series of renova-
tions across North Campus.
“As we were updating the mas-
ter plan for North Campus in
between 2005 and 2008, we saw
as part of the vision for North
Campus the need and the oppor-
tunity for increased vitality and
more destinations that would
attract more University commu-
nity members to North Campus
as a destination– activities and
events that would be a reason to
come and stay, and so the Grove
was considered to be at the core
and therefore an opportunity for
a real iconic space on North Cam-
pus,” Gott said.
According to Gott, planners
held a competition in 2007 called
the WorkPlay competition, in
order to solicit ideas from stu-
dents, faculty and staff on how to
create a more interactive gather-
ing space at the Grove.
“There were two winning sub-
missions, and those winning sub-
missions were then integrated
into what is the basic concept of
the Grove,” she said. “Once we had
the concept, we then hired a site
designer to design it.”
Funding for the project was
made possible through donations
from the Rollin M. Gerstacker
Foundation and other University
donors.
According to Gott, construc-
tion workers have completed the
demolition phase of the project,
and are currently preparing the
site with earthwork, utilities and
underground work. Renovations
to the Grove are scheduled for
completion by fall 2015.
Overall, Gott said she is hopeful
the renovations to the Grove will
create an exciting destination on
North Campus, as well as a home
for students.
“Students that live and study
there should think of this Grove as
their home, and therefore a place
that they will embrace,” Gott said.
low city council members, she is
officially endorsed by the Huron Val-
ley Central Labor Council.
Although he’s not a newcomer to
Ann Arbor, Briere’s opponent, Leaf,
is new to City Council scene. Leaf
has lived in Ann Arbor since 1993
and, after graduating from the Uni-
versity, started his own mineral sun-
screen business that is based outside
the city.
In terms of his experience with
politics, in 2008 Leaf lobbied for
a video privacy ordinance that,
according to MLive, “would impose
limitations on police surveillance of
citizens.” Leaf also served as the co-
chairman of the short-lived Mixed
Use Party, which advocated for more
mixed-use zoning in the city.
If elected, Leaf pledges to do the
following: increase road repair fund-
ing, create an annual bus pass avail-
able to all city residents, improve
pedestrian safety by adding more
barriers, medians and pedestrian-
activated stoplights and reform zon-
ing laws to preserve farmland and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions in
Ann Arbor.
Leaf is endorsed by former Ann
Arbor
City
Attorney
Elizabeth
Schwartz and two local businesses —
RoosRoast Coffee and Kaleidoscope
Books and Collectibles.
John Roos, the owner of Roos-
Roast, said Leaf has the right mind-
set for a City Council representative.
“Will Leaf is a resident citizen of
Ann Arbor and his outlook is well
balanced for this city’s complex
future,” Roos said.
Ward 3: Stephen Kunselman (D) v.
Zachary Ackerman (D)
Like Briere, Kunselman is also up
for re-election. He has represented
Ward 3 on City Council for three
terms. Since he got his start on coun-
cil in 2006, Kunselman’s accom-
plishments include leading the effort
to stop the dissolution of the Ann
Arbor Transportation Authority,
reforming the Downtown Develop-
ment Authority and advocating for a
skate park — which now exists — in
the Ann Arbor.
If re-elected to the council, Kun-
selman promises to focus on the
following: justly distributing the
city’s financial resources, investing
in infrastructure, providing more
funding for parks and rebuilding the
city’s public safety department.
Kunselman is endorsed by the
Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter and
the Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group.
The club is the nation’s largest grass-
roots environmental organization.
In a press release published on July
16th, the organization — which is
also endorsing Kunselman’s fellow
candidates Jack Eaton and Mike
Anglin — commended these men for
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