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WelcomeAnn Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state o Michi-gan and the county seat o Washtenaw County.It is the state’s seventh largest city with a pop-ulation o 114,024 as o the 2000 Census, o which 36,892 (32%) are university or collegestudents. Te city, which is part o the De-troit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CSA, is named aerthe spouses o the city’s ounders and or thestands o trees in the area.

Ann Arbor was ounded in January 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, both o whomwere land speculators. On May 25, 1824, thetown plot was registered with Wayne County as “Annarbour”. Te city became the seat o Washtenaw County in 1827, and was incorpo-rated as a village in 1833. Te town became aregional transportation hub in 1839 with thearrival o the Michigan Central Railroad, andwas chartered as a city in 1851. During the1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputation

as a center or liberal politics. During the 20th

century, the economy o Ann Arbor underwenta gradual shi rom a manuacturing base to aservice and technology base, which accelerated

in the 1970s and 1980s.

U of MAnn Arbor is home to the University o Mich-igan, established in 1837. As the dominantinstitution o higher learning in the city andone o the top public universities in the world,the university provides Ann Arbor with a dis-tinct college-town atmosphere. Te university shapes Ann Arbor’s economy signicantly as itemploys about 30,000 workers, including about7,500 in the medical center. Te city’s economy is also centered on high-technology, with sev-eral companies drawn to the area by the uni-

 versity’s research and development money, andby its graduates. On the other hand, Ann Arborhas increasingly ound itsel grappling with theefects o sharply rising land values and gentri-cation, as well as urban sprawl stretching arinto the outlying countryside.

Many Ann Arbor cultural attractions andevents are sponsored by the University o Michigan. Several perorming arts groups and

acilities are on the university’s campus, as aremuseums dedicated to art, archaeology, andnatural history and sciences (see Museums atthe University o Michigan).

EventsSeveral annual events – many o them centeredon perorming and visual arts – draw visitors toAnn Arbor. One such event is the Ann ArborArt Fairs, a set o our concurrent juried airsheld on downtown streets, which began in1960. Scheduled on Wednesday through Sat-urday in the third week o July, the airs draw upward o hal a million visitors.

One event that is not related to visual andperorming arts is Hash Bash, held on the rstSaturday o April, ostensibly in support o thereorm o marijuana laws. It has been celebrat-ed since 1971.

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Places

Te Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum,located in a renovated and expandedhistoric downtown re station, con-

tains more than 250 interactive exhib-its eaturing science and technology.

Multiple art galleries exist in the city,notably in the downtown area andaround the University o Michigancampus. Aside rom a large restaurantscene in the Main Street, South StateStreet, and South University Avenueareas, Ann Arbor ranks rst amongU.S. cities in the number o booksell-ers and books sold per capita.

Te Ann Arbor District Library maintains our branch outlets inaddition to its main downtown build-ing; in 2008 a new branch buildingreplaced the branch located in Plym-outh Mall. Tis new branch is calledthe raverwood Branch, and openedon June 30, 2008. Te city is alsohome to the Gerald R. Ford Presiden-tial Library.

Ann Arbor

Customer Service Center

(Located diagonally across the street rom City Hall)

City Center Building, 1st Floor220 East Huron

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

(734) 994-2700Fax: (734) 994-1765

E-mail: customerservice@a2gov.org