NCPOA through the Decades

Some highlights of NCPOA’s work over the years:

1970s

• defeated the “Packard-Beakes bypass,” which would have funneled high-speed traffic through the neighborhood



• supported approval of the Brauer Building, the first new offices in the area


• helped create and design Summit (now Wheeler) Park

1980s:

• shaped plans for the Wickliffe Place condominium
• worked with the police and parks departments to resolve serious behavioral problems at Wheeler Park
• helped win approval for the Trailblazers clubhouse


• led the creation of Ann Arbor’s first residential parking permit system

1990s:

• worked with the police and parks departments to resolve renewed problems at Wheeler Park


• began annual garden at Wheeler, the longest-running Adopt-a-Park project in the city.


• supported construction of apartment buildings on Fourth and Beakes

2000s:

• expanded our garden planting to North Main Park


• supported approval of the 201 Depot office building, including the Depot Storm Relief project


• opposed the Terraces on Main condo PUD

Present:

• working to preserve the Ann Arbor's most diverse neighborhood


• fighting the Near North apartment PUD