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AADL Talks To: Janis Bobrin

Janis Bobrin
Janis Bobrin

Janis Bobrin came to the University of Michigan in 1969 to study urban planning and quickly became politically active in environmental issues with a particular interest in water resource management. She eventually served six terms as Washtenaw County Drain Commissioner. Since retiring as Drain Commissioner in 2012, Janis has served on numerous regional boards including the Huron River Watershed Council, the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, and Dawn Farm. Janis talks with us about some of the projects she undertook as Drain Commissioner and the many challenges she and her staff faced over the years. She also talks with us about Ann Arbor's ongoing efforts to address the Pall-Gelman dioxane spill and issues surrounding urban planning and density.

Read more about Janis Bobrin in historical articles from the Ann Arbor News and Ann Arbor Observer.

 

Fourth Graders At Carpenter School With Their Model Of A River, April 1959 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Fourth Graders At Carpenter School With Their Model Of A River, April 1959 image
Year:
1959
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 14, 1959
Caption:
EVERYTHING BUT WATER: Fourth graders in Mrs. Doris Bordine's room at Carpenter School inspect the paper mache model of a river, complete with bridges, that was made by the children during their study of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. A combination assembly and open house was held at the school today during which children and teachers from the school, parents, and pupils from Mrs. Eldora Brummet's fourth grade room at Dicken School visited the project. Children shown here are (left, front to rear) George Ralph, Elizabeth Phillips and William Beard, and (right, front to rear) Diane Bishop and John Hogan. Twenty-six children worked on the project.

Learning To Float At Ann Arbor's Municipal Beach, June 1949

Learning To Float At Ann Arbor's Municipal Beach, June 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 23, 1949
Caption:
In the bottom row, a Burns Park instructor handles the croquet show-how; fielding practice is staged at West Park; and floating lesson is taught at the Municipal Beach.

Huron River Below The Hudson Mills Dam, July 1949

Huron River Below The Hudson Mills Dam, July 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 25, 1949
Caption:
Washtenaw county offers few more beautiful scenes than the still waters of the Huron River, just below the Hudson Mills dam near N. Territorial Rd., a few hundred feet east of Dexter-Pinckney Rd. The original Hudson Mills were built in 1827 for sawing the lumber that went into the construction of pioneer Dexter township homes. Fire apparently destroyed the original mills, for history records a second building of Hudson Mills in 1846 for the manufacture of paper. Thomas Birkett, who acquired the Dover Mills in the mid-century, also gained control of the Hudson Mills about that time and operated the paper mill there.

Welders Repair The Wall Street Bridge, March 1979 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Welders Repair The Wall Street Bridge, March 1979 image
Year:
1979
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 3, 1979
Caption:
Sparks and Masked Men - This isn't a demolition team sabotaging a bridge. Rather, it's the other way around: a car did the dirty work by smashing into railings of the Wall Street bridge over the Huron River. Pierce and Bud Patton are welding the damaged section. (Staff Photo By Jack Stubbs)