Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good morning, Jackson! Growing Jackson brought this food hub and market to life on the grounds of a former penitentiary that’s been converted to housing. Proud to support the work with a grant supporting food security. Former WIC kids like myself know this need well. 041
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Photo collage of my first political fundraiser by my then 10 year old, from my library board run in 2016. We were a slate of 4 Moms, first-time candidates, and raised around $3K. It covered the whole campaign. We won 67.6% of the votes in a crowded field of 8 candidates. @aadl.org 010
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Proud to be a leading sponsor for this organization’s work in housing equity and access in my county. Public and private, philanthropic partnerships are essential for abundant housing in this lifetime. 030
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bummed to have missed the pedestrianization of this LGBTQ district in Toronto. Business owners made more in the first 5 days than any other week all year. “Honey, the cars are gone. Did we slay?” @visionzeroannarbor.org www.instagram.com/reel/Db9HTvM...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 020
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Waiting 9 years is so absurd and tragic. Didn’t opposition also have a funeral for the trees? Let’s get a Second Line Band to come out and celebrate. 180
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.justonecookbook.com/red-shiso-ju...justonecookbook.comAka Shiso Juice (Red Perilla Juice) 赤紫蘇ジュースWith a beautiful, rose color and a refreshing taste, Aka Shiso Juice (Red Perilla Juice) is a popular homemade summer drink in Japan made of red perilla leaves. 020
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s peak kkaennip (깻잎) season in Ann Arbor. Time to process it into syrup before it bolts. 250
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Canton Heritage Park amphitheater is pretty amazing. I hosted mid-autumn moon festival there before with APIA adoptees. The city hosts weekly summer concerts. www.cantonmi.gov/722/Summer-C...cantonmi.govSummer Concert Series | Canton Township, MI - Official WebsiteDetailed descriptions of Summer Concert Series lineups. 020
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Why do we need a skatepark when there are so few skaters?” I think about this a lot now that the skatepark is one of the most frequently used parks in town, with fairly low maintenance costs. It only took about 7 years to build and another decade to become a normal thing. 040
Reposted by Linh SongWill Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 09/09/2026In the 1970s, over 80% of UK children travelled to school independently. This has fallen to 25% - impacting health, well being, independence etc. In London, we're tackling the school run. With 870 school streets, 66% of kids now walk, cycle or scoot. ldd.news/uk-news/lond... 112923
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Also original home to the Neutral Zone, where I volunteered after my MSW classmate convinced me to mentor a teen. The classmate is now NZ’s director and led the capital campaign to buy their current building. 170
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yes, Michigan! With www.instagram.com/mariomooreart in Detroit. 010
Reposted by Linh SongBen Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I think often about a conversation with a tankie-type along these lines about housing. When I asked how actual houses and apartments would be allocated if not by the market, the straight-faced reply: “Community meetings” 5546
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Dearborn, my hometown where I learned how to be American alongside kids from Lebanon, Yemen, and 2nd gen kids like me with family from Italy, Poland, and Vietnam. Share tabbouleh at school, wait for a friend to finish catechism, and your Dad works for Ford. Come visit, you’ll love the people & city.arabamericanmuseum.orgYalla Eat - Arab American National MuseumYalla Eat! (Arabic for Let’s go eat!) is a program of the Arab American National Museum that offers immersive culinary experiences that delight the palate and reveal new cultures and traditions. The f... 080
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Chatted with 3 little witches roaming the neighborhood last night and found this on my porch today. DELIGHTFUL. 161
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Lucky’s had an amazing community engagement team. I met them and their CEO when they first opened since they wanted to support local schools. I convinced them to carry a Sweetwaters coffee blend with proceeds going to teacher grants. So sad to have seen them go. 010
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/08/2026There’s a cult following of “Somewhere in Time” in Asia. It was one of the highest grossing films in China. Asian nationals and Asian Americans LOVE this sentimental movie and make Mackinac Island a vacation destination. See also Japanese women and “Anne of Green Gables” with thousands touring PEI. 130
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Hints of Ann Arbor’s #a2council NIMBY nostalgia for former Kroger sites that now house hundreds of residents, and progressive candidates who claim not enough housing for low-income folks is being built when projects like these create multiples more than what was built decades before. MATH. 2240
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Loved celebrating primary wins with these Michigan geeks. 0150
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Prop A passed in 1994 and went into effect in 1995, requiring AAPS and AADL to split interests. They totally parted ways financially in 2016. news.a2schools.org/aaps-relinqu...news.a2schools.orgAAPS relinquishes interests in the Ann Arbor District Library, completing separation that began 20 years ago – AAPS District News 040
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Semi-related, when I worked on expanding access to the applications for property tax exemptions (in different languages, paper copies at the AADL), I expected more low-income folks to apply. In one case a homeowner applied but the city declined, pointing out ownership of multiple properties.🫠 120
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Cookies for tomorrow’s election poll workers. Recipe with my kid’s annotations. 090
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The kids read the article and came up with responses on their own. I expressed my thanks for their civic engagement with Cheetos. Kids love the cheese dust mess. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...mlive.comAnn Arbor invites public to discuss accelerating pedestrian safetyDozens of pedestrians are hit by cars every year in Ann Arbor. What should the city do about it? 130
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On this day 7 years ago I asked neighborhood kids to write to their councilmembers in response to proposed crosswalk changes and one CM admitting she doesn’t always yield to pedestrians. Cards and drawings were emailed to all CMs so that they could be on the record, forever. #a2council 2291
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Primary election party pickles! I’ve made about 15 pounds and another 50 pounds of Korean soy sauce pickles 장아찌 to distribute. 070
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#a2council, please tell me Ann Arbor is at least ahead of Columbus on this? Buckeyes already have us beat on growth, affordability, and diversity. 2160
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Incredible coming home across the new Gordie Howe International Bridge. Thanks, Canada! 1323
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 18/07/2026@aadl.org archives remains a hit in case you’re wondering why former CMs are AADL obsessed. aadl.org/buildings_hh...aadl.orgHarvey Bannister House, 1858 | Ann Arbor District Library 050
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Ann Arbor historically responds to growth. In 1852, UM President Bannister moved students out of dorms and into community, leading to a boom building rooming houses that still stand today. This house was a boarding house, then SFH, duplex, currently rental apartments. #a2council 2120
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Where are issue experts on these statements? Can’t throw a stick in this town without hitting a doctorate degree. And as a former state rep and current county rep, Rabhi knows that most municipal challenges stem from revenue limits due to Prop A and Headlee. Promising more without more revenue? How? 0101
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I asked our housing commission director if it's possible to build new public housing with 100% public funding? #a2council candidates who attended heard the same answer and are lying on the doors when they argue it's the preferable approach. youtu.be/OZBJ6iHbUus?...youtu.beHow does Ann Arbor build affordable housing? - Jennifer Hall, Ann Arbor Housing CommissionYouTube video by Neighbors for More Neighbors A2 0242
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Ann Arbor vibes for decades, with the distinct honor of sharing activist Alan Haber’s efforts stopping developments in both Ann Arbor and Berkeley, protesting from his summer home in France. #a2council 2361
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026LiUNA donated $500 to my campaign, covering 50 signs, and 3 burly labor dudes door knocked for me. I regret not getting XXL sized campaign shirts for them. People didn’t bring up the Mayor on the doors because they are not misogynists or conspiracy theorists. Normal people had thoughtful questions. 130
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026NYC’s Bastille Day, celebrating the unity of French people, abolishment of feudalism, and this dog costume parade a block or so from Trump Tower. 10/10 010
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 12/07/2026This 87 page report includes small business support plans via the new office. a2gov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...a2gov.legistar.com 040
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 12/07/2026On economic development, is there something the city hasn’t done that the county has been able to do via OCED? Council approved a new office when OCED lost one director after another. www.wemu.org/wemu-news/20...wemu.orgAnn Arbor City Council votes to establish new department for economic developmentThe City of Ann Arbor has established an Office of Economic Development with a focus on expanding the development of housing for all income levels. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports. 120
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Thank goodness for @ericabriggs.bsky.social and her analysis that the club could have planned for this expense with their $2.5M expansion (new tennis building, pool house addition, and snack shack). www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...mlive.comDebate over missing sidewalk in front of Ann Arbor Racquet Club ends in split council voteAnn Arbor and the Racquet Club are at odds over a city requirement to add a public sidewalk along Geddes Avenue. 120
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I advocated for this, much to club members’ upset since my predecessor supported past waivers. I asked city staff for examples of other nonprofits adding sidewalks in town, those orgs had little to no issues. Then there was this reminder from farther up the road. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...mlive.comPolice: Girl, 5, dies from injuries suffered in Ann Arbor crashAnn Arbor police have confirmed that 5-year-old Anna Schwalb died Wednesday evening as a result of injuries sustained when she was struck by a car Sept. 26. 120
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Aaah, shared and safe streets with active retail and restaurants. New York City does not mess around! 171
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Excellent overview on how adding “luxury,” market rate housing also brings an increase in lower rent apartments via filtering, touching on debt service and how more supply is not the same as high supply. #a2council xcancel.com/jayparsons/s...xcancel.com 0111
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/07/2026In Ann Arbor, you can be Democrat Adjacent, as per this letter that went out to Ward 2 residents in 2017. 190
Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 08/07/2026High point was Eastern Accents’ run. If anyone ate there in the late 1990s, I probably made you bibimbop and sold you more BBQ pork buns than you needed. That landlord though…https://www.annarbor.com/business-review/eastern-accents-in-downtown-ann-arbor-to-close-in-march-citing-landlord-dispute/ 020
Reposted by Linh Songjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/07/2026not really fourth of july content but i found thus explanation of affordable housing financing in DC very informative.ggwash.orgWhy affordable housing can’t pay for itselfUnderstand development costs, the financing needed to meet them, and the ever-present “gap.” This is the first in an ongoing series about how affordable housing works. 331149179