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Thursday, June 27, 2019
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Company opens 
A2 research space 

‘Keep Moving 
Forward’ looks for 
engineering talent 
from ‘U’ students

On June 11, Silicon Valley-
based company Keep Looking 
Ahead 
opened 
a 
temporary 
Research and Development site 
in Ann Arbor. The global capital 
equipment company specializes 
in artificial intelligence, sensor 
technology and protons and 
electrons, and hopes to take 
advantage of the engineering 
talent the University of Michigan 
provides, according to Click on 
Detroit.com.
KLA started in 1976 when the 
company had a breakthrough 
with a mask inspection tool. 
They currently partner with 
customers around the world to 
develop state of the art inspection 
and metrology technology. 

With more than 10,000 global 
employees, 
KLA 
announced 
their plans for opening an Ann 
Arbor location Oct. 24, 2018. 
In a news release on their 
website, CEO Rick Wallace, a 
graduate of the University with a 
bachelor’s degree in engineering, 
said he hopes to strengthen ties 
with the University.
John McLaughlin, Ann Arbor 
site leader for KLA and 2005 
University graduate, said the 
company purposely picked the 
location in Ann Arbor near North 
Campus after considering more 
than 350 possible sites because of 
its high quality-of-life, low cost-
of-living compared to the Bay 
Area and its engineering talent. 
“Big 
picture: 
we 
are 
creating 
600 
jobs 
in 
Ann 
Arbor,” 
McLaughlin 
said. 
“We are establishing a second 
headquarters and a major R&D 
facility here. 

Ann Arbor 
residents celebrate 
begininngs of 
outdoor sale

This summer, the Ann Arbor 
Farmers Market is celebrating 
its 100th birthday. Over the past 
century, the farmers market has 
become an Ann Arbor staple with 
142 stalls open on Wednesdays 
and Saturdays throughout the 
summer. The outdoor shop also 
includes Kindlefest, a holiday 
market open only in December. 
The Farmers Market is an 
outdoor shopping center across 
the street from Zingerman’s 
Delicatessen full of fresh, brightly 
colored flowers that sit alongside 
bundles of produce. Vendors 
sell merchandise ranging from 
jewelry, breads and jams, to local 
coffee beans and even snow cones 
as the summer months begin to 
heat up. 
The Kerrytown market has 
been serving the community 
fresh produce and locally-made 
food since its 1919. As noted in 
an Ann Arbor Observer article in 
1978, the history of the Farmer’s 
Market included three big moves. 
Initially, 
the 
shops 
were 
located on Main Street but were 
then quickly moved near the 
courthouse on Fourth Avenue 
after residents complained Main 
was becoming too clogged up 

with vendors and patrons. The 
market continued to grow, and 
so did the need to expand. In 
1931, the local market moved to 
its current location with over 
124 stalls surrounding a paved 
walkway, which was built as a 
Great Depression Era Works 
Progress Administration project. 
The celebration of the farmers 
market’s 100th birthday began in 
the beginning of May with posts 
on the market’s Facebook page in 
tandem with an exhibit opening 
at the Ann Arbor District Library 
in July. 
Stephanie Willet, Ann Arbor 
Farmers 
Market 
manager, 
said she has been planning 
events throughout the summer, 
including a food truck rally and 
outdoor movie screening in July. 
“We are going to be trying to 
highlight our history as well,” 
Willet said. “We’ll have a bunch 
of old photos, we’ll be printing 
those on banners and hanging 
them up around the market.”
The 
farmer’s 
market 
will 
officially 
commemorate 
their 
100th year anniversary with 
a “birthday party” on Aug. 17. 
The party will feature the Ann 
Arbor 
Symphony 
Orchestra, 
along with an array of children’s 
events, such as an “instrument 
petting zoo” where children are 
able to play with the symphony’s 
instruments. There will also be 
a magician and free ice cream 
to commemorate the expansive 
history of the farmers market. 

Farmer’s market 
 
hits 100th season

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