OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 23, 2025) – Make it nine and counting for Ottawa County’s Purchase of Development Rights program that looks to preserve farmland from development.
Last week, the county’s office of Economic Development announced that the 36-acre Veldheer operation off of Blair Street was the ninth property protected by this effort that will guarantee its continued use for agricultural purposes in perpetuity. It’s the second such land in the township to get such protection, following the Shady Side Farm across the street that is owned by relatives of the Veldheer family…