ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is using its greenbelt millage dollars to help protect another 80-plus acres of farmland and natural areas outside the city.
City Council voted June 15 to put $173,400 toward the purchase of a conservation easement on the 42.6-acre Dimo property on Riker Road in Dexter Township and $50,400 for another for the 40-acre Kempf property on Nollar Road in Northfield Township.
The easements are effectively purchases of development rights, keeping the lands in private hands and on the tax rolls, while permanently protecting against development…