It's My Land And I Want To Do What I Want
6 August 2004 - 10:00am
Developer wants to rezone for more housing in face of government and resident opposition.
"[The Site] has become a battlefield of sorts in a war over how much control Macomb Township can exert over its explosive residential development. The legal fight that has engulfed it could decide how much latitude Michigan communities have to control their own destiny, and whether they, not developers, call the shots when deciding how a community gets built."
Source:
The Detroit News, August 3, 2004
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