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About the City Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. It is the state’s seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 Census, of which 36,892 (32%) are university or college stu dents. The city, which is part of the Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CSA, is named after the spouses of the city’s founders and for the stands of trees in the area. Ann 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 Washtenaw County in 1827, and was incor- porated as a village in 1833. The town became a regional transportation hub in 1839 with the arrival of the Michigan Central Railroad, and was chartered as a city in 1851. During the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a repu- tation as a center for liberal politics. During the 20th century, the economy of Ann Arbor underwent a gradual shift from a manufac- turing base to a service and technology base, which accelerated in the 1970s and 1980s. Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michi- gan, established in 1837. As the dominant in- stitution of higher learning in the city and one of the top public universities in the world, the university provides Ann Arbor with a dis- tinct college-town atmosphere. The university shapes Ann Arbor’s economy signicantly 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 development money, and by its graduates. On the other hand, Ann Arbor has increasingly found itself grappling with the effects of sharply rising land values and gentrication, as well as urban sprawl stretching far into the outlying countryside. Many Ann Arbor cultural attractions and events are sponsored by the University of Michigan. Several performing arts groups and facilities are on the university’s campus, as are museums dedicated to art, archaeology, and natural history and sciences (see Muse- ums at the University of Michigan). Regional and local performing arts groups not associ- ated with the university include the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre; the Arbor Opera Theater; the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; the Ann Ar- bor Ballet Theater; the Ann Arbor Civic Ballet (established in 1954 as Michigan’s rst char - tered ballet company); and Performance Net- work, which operates a downtown theater fre- quently offering new or nontraditional plays. Hands On The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, located in a renovated and expanded historic downtown re station, contains more than 250 interactive exhibits featuring science and technology. Mul-

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