Mayor Michelle Wu signed off on an ordinance Wednesday reinstating a planning department run by the city for the first time in 70 years in a ceremony in the West End on Tuesday, a big step for her … ...

From left, the three newest members of Ann Arbor's planning department, planners Mariana Melin-Corcoran and Julia Shake and administrative assistant Brittany Alexander, at city hall on April 25, 2024.