Detroit Free Press, July 17, 1975:
"Michigan Shouldn't Delay Setting Own Land Use Law"
"So it's up to Michigan now to protect its own interests in land use. And the time is short: Some 200,000 acres of the state's most productive farm land is being lost annually to development, and urban sprawl is affecting even pleasant little communities whose popularity is proving a curse."
"Critical areas, for example, must be protected...These are the areas -- presently defined as agricultural areas, mineral land, historic sites, and 'significantly unique land forms' -- that are critical to the public interest."
How many acres of open space have been lost since then?
Posted by Dave at July 11, 2005 09:41 AM