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City Council talks 
rezoning projects

Council examines 
affodability, scale
of proposals

On Monday evening, the Ann 
Arbor City Council discussed 
several 
rezoning 
requests, 
voting to deny rezoning for the 
Brightdawn Village development 
and to approve rezoning for the 
Broadway Park development.
Gil-Ad Schwartz, one of the 
developers behind the Brightdawn 
Village proposal, explained the 
land on Burton Road is private 
property. 
Thus, 
according 
to 
Schwartz, he is allowed to build a 
120-unit apartment building.
Rezoning a land parcel would 
assign different permissible uses 
and restrictions on the property. 
The 
proposed 
conditional 
rezoning 
would 
allow 
the 
Schwartz family to build 160 
units, under the stipulation that 
the additional 40 be affordable 

housing 
units. 
Twenty 
units 
would be restricted for people 
earning 60 percent of the area 
median income or below, and 
20 units would be restricted for 
people earning 80 percent or 
below.
Tom Covert of Midwestern 
Consulting, the civil engineering 
firm behind the project, also 
emphasized the development will 
will be equipped for residents with 
disabilities and senior residents.
In its report to the council, 
the city’s Planning Commission 
recommended a denial of the 
rezoning request.
During the public comment 
sections, 
many 
residents 
at 
the 
meeting 
also 
spoke 
in 
opposition 
to 
the 
rezoning. 
Residents 
expressed 
concern 
over the density of the units 
and 
additional 
traffic 
the 
development could bring, which 
they said would be dangerous for 
children in the area.

Locals head 
downtown for 
annual festival

On Sunday afternoon, the 
annual Taste of Ann Arbor 
festival brought live music and 
over 30 local restaurants serving 
an array of entrees, drinks and 
desserts to South Main Street.
Restaurants, like Gratzi, Palio 
and Aventura, had tents set up 
with a couple of signature plates 
available for patrons to sample. 
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., unique 
Indian, 
Italian 
and 
Spanish 
cuisines were readily made for 
each hungry passerby.
The six-hour event provided an 
opportunity for residents from all 
over Michigan to taste a variety 
of local restaurants for a much 
lower price. Community member 
Vince Pope said the wide range of 
selections is part of what makes 
the festival so enjoyable. 
“It’s my first time here, and 
I just tried octopus for the first 
time,” Pope said. “That’s what 
I like about it. You get to try 
different things that you would 
normally never try.”
Unlike Pope, Cassie McAllister 
from Troy has attended the 
festival before.
“I love that I can try a lot of 
different places that I normally 
would not go for a full dinner, 
but I can get a little sampling, so 
I can see if it’s a place I want to 

go to in the future,” McAllister 
said. “I also just love getting a ton 
of different foods at once rather 
than one thing.”
In 
addition, 
there 
were 
options for those with dietary 
restrictions. 
Karissa 
Urban, 
Eastern 
Michigan 
University 
student, was surprised by the 
variety of food.
“There are a lot more vegan 
options than I expected, so that’s 
cool,” Urban said. 
Jessie Kinney, the head baker of 
French bakery Le Bon Macaron, 
said it was Le Bon’s second year 
participating in the event. Kinney 
said she returned to Taste of Ann 
Arbor because it is a great way to 
meet more potential customers 
and work alongside other Ann 
Arbor businesses.
“It’s just good to get exposure 
for people that might not be 
walking around Fourth Street 
or don’t know as much about 
macarons,” 
Kinney 
said. 
“Hopefully more people know 
about us now.”
Kinesiology sophomore Eliya 
Gelb said the event introduced 
her to local businesses she had 
not known about previously.
“It’s really nice you get too see 
all of these places here,” Gelb 
said. “I didn’t know half of these 
restaurants existed.”
With food priced between 
$1 and $4, Engineering junior 
Lindsay Llende said the price 
allowed her to taste dishes from 
multiple restaurants.

Taste of AA brings 
local food, music

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