Little Kim Opens In Kerrytown Courtyard

Morning, Ann Arbor! City-wide warning, student move in starts next week. That means this is your last full week to soak in easy downtown parking. Plan your nights accordingly.

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🥒 Little Kim Opens: Chef Ji Hye Kim (Miss Kim) just opened Little Kim at 407 N. Fifth Ave., a fast-casual spot built around an all-vegetarian menu. Located in the Kerrytown courtyard, Little Kim offers build-your-own bowls, kimbap, and fried-tofu sandwiches, plus a small mini-mart with sauces and grab-and-go items. Little Kim is open Tuesday - Sunday from 11:30 am to 5 pm.

🌙 The Crescent: Last week, Ann Arbor’s Planning Commission approved a rezoning for The Crescent, a five-story, 262-unit apartment project at 2525 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. The Crescent will be built on the 4-acre lot next to the Cranbrook Shopping Center (behind Whole Foods) which has sat vacant since 1947. Plans call for a variety of room sizes (ranging from studios to three-bedrooms), a pool and amenity deck, and a lower-level garage.

📚️ Proposals A and B: With 58% approval, local voters approved both downtown library proposals last week. The city says AADL and staff will now draft a formal agreement and move into the design and public engagement stage for the mixed-use project. Here’s a map to see how each precinct in town voted.

TODAY’S SPONSOR: Community Pest Solutions

🐜 Community Pest Solutions: Community Pest Solutions is a family-owned, Ann Arbor-based local business. Delivering peace of mind for home and business owners facing nuisance wildlife and insect problems, Community is the only area pest control company to maintain an authentic Five-Star Rating on Google. Schedule an inspection at pestfreemi.com

🎒 Washtenaw Christian Academy: Before the pandemic, Washtenaw Christian Academy (7200 Moon Rd, Saline, MI) was on the brink of shutting down. Now, the K-12 school has tripled in size and is outgrowing its expansion efforts. Washtenaw Christian Academy’s enrollment numbers overtime:

• 2018-19: 142 students

• 2019-20: 185 students

• 2020-21: 231 students

• 2021-22: 317 students

• 2022-23: 325 students

• 2023-24: 394 students

• 2024-25: 480 students

The 2025 - 2026 school year will mark Washtenaw Christian Academy’s 50th school year.

🐕️ MSU Maple: As a rule of thumb, this newsletter is generally anti-MSU (not a lot, but a tasteful amount). But we make exceptions.

Meet Maple, a former human-remains detection dog who’s swapped crime scenes for honeybees at MSU’s Pollinator Performance Center. Wearing a tiny beekeeping suit, she sniffs out American foulbrood (a deadly hive bacteria) and sits by infected hives to signal to researchers.

Maple, hit the transfer portal, we’d love to have your talents in Ann Arbor.

🎸 Thursday’s Sonic Lunch Concert: Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

• Style: Jazz

• Popularity: 65,000 monthly Spotify listeners

• Top Song: “Hang Me Up To Dry” with 2.9 million streams

• Links to Listen: Spotify or Apple Music

• Concert Details: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on the corner of Liberty and Division in downtown Ann Arbor

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That's all for now! Have a great week in Tree Town!

- Andrew

P. P. S. - NPR did a feature on the AADL Summer Game

P. P. P. S. - Brothers T.J. and Tevis Metcalf, Michigan football DBs, recreated the iconic Step Brothers pose

P. P. P. P. S. - Thanks to Community Pest Solutions for sponsoring this week’s Michigander.

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