Residents of a Detroit suburb are rallying against the proposed rezoning of a 10-acre residential plot for a cold storage facility.
Cynthia Sharp’s home is adjacent to the proposed plot. She found out about the rezoning from a sign posted on the property. Confused, she said she immediately posted on Facebook to let her neighbors know what she saw.
“I think recently within the city, the green spaces are being taken up for industry when there’s vacant industrial land,” Sharp said. “Why do you have to rezone something that is meant for single family homes into a light industry parcel and eliminate every green space that you can find in this city to accommodate more money.”…