Ann Arbor's greenbelt program just got considerably bigger. This program is designed as a preservation initiative to hold onto the green land around Ann Arbor. The city has purchased two plots, adding nearly 400 acres to its greenbelt land.
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The combined 336-acre deal preserves farmland proximate to other protected open space.
It
also fulfills a a long-held wish, said Mayor John Hieftje, who
remembers using the Whitmore Lake Road property as an example when he
promoted the idea of a greenbelt program in 2003.
"It's a wonderful opportunity to preserve agriculture around Ann Arbor for a very long time to come," he said.
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