<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hello Neighbors,<br><br> Welcome to the weekend in Ypsilanti. <br><br> The opening band at this weeks Crossroads on Washington st. is fantastic. I'm sure the headliner is great but I'm not kidding check out the opening band at 7pm.<br><br> If you travel through Depot Town this weekend you might notice some organ grinders hanging around. I'm told its a very interesting sight to see so take a stroll through Depot Town and Riverside Park either Friday or Saturday to check out the Organs.<br><br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Double Trash Week
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The City of
Ypsilanti provides two "double trash limit" removal periods each calendar year.
This year our second “double trash limit” removal will take place the week of
August 17, 2009 for all City curbside eligible properties.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Each residential
unit is permitted during this week to set out two times the normal trash volume
on their regular trash day. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Single family homes
may set out six, 32 gallon containers and two large items.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Duplexes may set
out twelve, 32 gallon containers and four large items.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Three units or
larger may set out eighteen, 32 gallon containers and six large
items.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> For
additional information please contact the Public Services office at (734)
483-1421.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">Happy friday everyone, Volunteering for the Jamboree makes good sense. I believe you get passes for both days and a T-shirt.<br><br>To sign up for The Jamboree here is the direct link:<br><br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT397"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/102-62451771811">http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/102-62451771811</a></span><br><br>If you know anyone who is interested in signing up you can share this link or have them contact me directly.<br><br>Thanks again!<br><br>Meghan<br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <div>I am writing to you because I want to overturn Ypsilanti's ordinance forbidding beekeeping. </div><div><br></div><div>I
was cited this week for keeping two hives of honeybees in my back yard
in Normal Park. I intend to fight the ordinance that outlaws honeybees
in our city. I have spoken to my city council representative, the city
planner, the mayor, and a variety of other beekeepers in the city. I
have also contacted SEMBA (the SE Michigan Beekeepers Association), of
which I am a member. The president of SEMBA, Roger Sutherland, has
been a fantastic resource and is interested in coming to speak to our
city council to provide education on the value and importance of urban
beekeeping. </div><div><br></div><div>If you keep honeybees, would
like to, or know a beekeeper, please consider attending the council
meeting on Aug 18, 7PM at City Hall. I urge you to contact your city
council representative and make your views known. </div><div><br></div><div>Prior
to the meeting, I will send council members information on the benefits
of urban beekeeping for gardens, for food production, and for the
health of bees themselves. In the face of Colony Collapse Disorder (a
nationwide threat to critically important pollination for food
production), we need healthy bees more than ever and honeybees thrive
in the city. According to SEMBA, honeybees actually do BETTER in urban
environments than in farming areas (probably due to diverse flowering
plants and lack of exposure to agricultural chemicals). More
information can be found at <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT502"><a href="http://www.sembabees.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sembabees.org/</a></span> or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT503"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping</a></span>. </div><div><br></div><div>Please
forward this message to anyone who is concerned about honeybees, urban
agriculture, self-sufficiency, and community resilience. </div><br> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Lisa Bashert<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT504"><a href="mailto:wombbat@umich.edu" target="_blank">wombbat@umich.edu</a></span><br></span></div></body></html>