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Ann Arbor, Michigan A nn Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washt- enaw County. It is the state’s seventh largest city with a populaon of 114,024 as of the 2000 Census, of which 36,892 (32%) are university or college students. The city, which is part of the Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CSA, is named aer the spouses of the city’s found- ers and for the stands of trees in the area. History A nn Arbor was founded in January 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, both of whom were land speculators. On May 25, 1824, the town plot was registered with Wayne County as “Annarbour”. The city became the seat of Washtena w County in 1827, and was incorporated as a village in 1833. The town became a regional transportaon hub in 1839 with the arrival of the Michigan Cen- tral Railroad, and was chartered as a city in 1851. During the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputaon as a center for liberal polics. During the 20th century, the economy of Ann Arbor underwent a gradual shi from a manufacturing base to a service and technology base, which accelerated in the 1970s and 1980s. University of Michigan A nn Arbor is home to the University of Michigan, established in 1837. As the dominant instuon of higher learning in the city and one of the top public universies in the world, the university provides Ann Arbor with a disnct college-to wn atmosphere. The university shapes Ann Arbor’s economy sig- nicantly as it employs about 30,000 workers, including about 7,500 in the medical center. The city’s economy is also centered on high- technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university’s research and de- velopment money, and by its graduates. On the other hand, Ann Arbor has increasingly found itself grappling with the eects of sharply rising land values and gentricaon, as well as urban sprawl stretching far into the outlying countryside. Local Aracon M any Ann Arbor cultural aracons and events are sponsored by the Univer- sity of Michigan. Several performing arts groups and facilies are on the university’s campus, as are museums dedicated to art, archaeology, and natural history and sci- ences (see Museums at the University of Michigan). Regional and local performing arts groups not associated with the university include the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre; the Arbor Opera Theater; the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; the Ann Arbor Ballet Theater; the Ann Arbor Civic Ballet (established in 1954 as Michigan’s rst chartered ballet company); and Perfor mance Network, which operates a downtown theater fre- quently oering new or nontradional plays.

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