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A legacy of Michigan’s manufacturing might is seen in abandoned, contaminated and deteriorating buildings.
State officials are gearing up efforts to turn such sites into restaurants, condominiums, golf courses, new manufacturers.
(MI) Ann Arbor News – Several residents on Ann Arbor’s west side are angry a massive silver maple tree they believe was healthy was cut down by city foresters. More distressing, they say, is that the 4-foot diameter tree on Charlton Street in the Virginia Park neighborhood was a casualty in a larger pattern. The group believes trees are being removed by default, rather than after efforts to save them. More
(MI) Detroit Free Press – Clinton Township lawyer Greg Buss imagines walking out the back door of his office to picnic under the trees along the Clinton River. “I’d like to be able to look out there and see the deer. You do see some fox down there,” said Buss, who practices real estate law from an office about a mile from the planned site of a new eco-friendly office building he plans to build. “It’s pretty cool to do something that’s good for the environment.” More