Oct 24 2009
UM = #19 Best University in World: USNWR
The University of Michigan was just ranked the #19 best university in the entire WORLD by U.S. News & World Report. Link:
It seems to me that one of the key possibilities for growth in both Monroe and Lenawee Counties is to build ties to Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan and Washtenaw County. Washtenaw, after all, still has unemployment rates below ten percent. Places like Tecumseh already see Ann Arbor expats move to town and open boutique day-trip businesses.
And, yet, can a person catch a bus to Ann Arbor? I’ve never heard of it. Do we advertise affordable Monroe/Lenawee housing in the Ann Arbor press? I’ve never seen it. Are there many contacts between Washtenaw and Monroe/Lenawee elected officials and business leaders? Why aren’t roadways between Adrian and Ann Arbor or Monroe and Ann Arbor more of a priority?
As an Ann Arborite who spends a lot of time in Monroe and Lenawee, thanks in part to your great blog, I’ve often wondered about this. Plank Road has to be one of the worst in the entire state of Michigan. I’ve known various people who commuted from these counties, from farther away than Tecumseh, and it was a tough thing–they surely would have ridden a bus at least sometimes.