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Saving 15,000 acres from development

by Barry Lonik

posted 5/31/2011

A decade ago, at the height of the county's housing frenzy, Bloomfield Hills-based Colt Farms applied to rezone 286 acres in Ann Arbor Township from agricultural use to a mobile home park. The panoramic vistas of the Braun centennial farm, two miles north of the Ann Arbor city limits, were to be replaced by 1,000 manufactured housing units, along with 300

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