Neighbors for More Neighbors A2, the advocacy group that pushed for Ann Arbor's sweeping Comprehensive Land Use Plan, stopped soliciting donations and overhauled its website after reporting revealed it had been collecting money without registering with the state or federal government.
The group remains unregistered with the State of Michigan and the IRS Charitable Division as of Tuesday, Aug. 4, according to the Ann Arbor Independent. It still publishes no financial records showing how donated funds were spent.
The changes came roughly two months after a June 8 A2Indy investigation found the group was soliciting donations with no public financial disclosures and no government registration. Since then, the group removed its donation solicitations and replaced its "Team of Neighbors" page, which had listed 23 individuals, with a formal Board of Directors.
New board, familiar questions
Among the newly listed board members is Adam Goodman, the retired co-founder of Duo Security, the Ann Arbor cybersecurity firm Cisco acquired for $2.35 billion in 2018. Other board members include SaraEllen Strongman, a University of Michigan assistant professor of Afroamerican and African studies, and Jean Leverich, a social worker. The A2Indy noted that none of the listed board members appears to have professional experience in urban planning or zoning.
Also gone from the website: Alex Lowe, a former "Team of Neighbors" member who drew attention at a City Council zoning meeting by speaking with a "Mr. Nimby" puppet in a squeaky voice.
"This organization lost me completely when one of their members used a Mr. Nimby prop at a city council meeting," Ann Arbor resident Linda Dabrowski told the A2Indy in June. "I wouldn't consider this group a reliable or transparent source of information."
Washtenaw Housing Alliance connection
The group's website still does not disclose that it was formed as a project of the Washtenaw Housing Alliance, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose stated mission is ending homelessness. A February 2026 Concentrate article described Neighbors for More Neighbors A2 as "a special project organized under the Washtenaw Housing Alliance," but the group's own site lists that organization only among generic partner groups.
The Washtenaw Housing Alliance has been tax-exempt since March 2001, according to ProPublica's nonprofit database. As a 501(c)(3), it is prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity.
The CLUP connection
Neighbors for More Neighbors A2 was a vocal supporter of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan that Ann Arbor City Council approved unanimously on March 17. That plan allows duplexes and triplexes up to three stories in neighborhoods previously zoned exclusively for single-family homes, guiding development through 2050.
The CLUP became a central issue in the Aug. 4 Democratic mayoral primary between incumbent Mayor Christopher Taylor and challenger Yousef Rabhi, a Washtenaw County commissioner. Rabhi called the plan's market-rate approach "trickle-down housing" and said the city should use public land to build housing for working- and middle-class residents rather than selling it to private developers for luxury condos, according to WEMU.
The group's website still lacks newsletters, financial records or information about its formation by the Washtenaw Housing Alliance.
