The state has given a preliminary thumbs-up for the public space proposed by the City of Saline and property owner Tyler Kinley.
Kinley owns Murphy’s Crossing, the historic brick buildings on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and South Ann Arbor Street. At the start of the year, they joined Kinley’s efforts to seek state funding to improve his building and the land behind his building. The city kicked in $500,000 and granted access to city land adjacent to the property in hopes of creating a town green. They were seeking state funding in support of the project from the MEDC. Kinley was investing in creating four apartments and a smaller gathering space behind his building before the city joined to enhance the project.
Recently, Kinley learned that the MEDC has written a letter of intent in support of the project…