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Sustainable Energy Utility Opens Program Opportunities

By Eileen Peck

In this month’s general election, City of Ann Arbor voters adopted a new Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU). The opt-in utility is part of the City’s...

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Brownfield remediation grant highlights employment opportunities

By Eileen Peck

Yesterday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy awarded a $1M brownfield remediation grant to help remediate the long-vacant University Microfilms site at...

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Making the case for saving aging buildings

By Eileen Peck

If you’re up on architecture, you know that “British architecture” encompasses everything from Stonehenge to Perpendicular Gothic to The Gherkin. But the enduring value of...

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Cutting pepperoni at Washtenaw Community College

By Eileen Peck

Washtenaw Community College might benefit by taking a page out of Hormel’s book. The multinational food distributor headquartered in Minnesota, is worth nearly $17B, but...

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MI Community Colleges Suffer Millage Defeats

By Eileen Peck

Over the past few years, there has been a growing recognition that the public’s faith in higher education is slipping. If you want to know...

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I have written extensively about the impact of building neglect on the facilities at WCC. Reducing the maintenance budget is a recipe for disaster, and…

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