KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — The Pavillion Township Planning commission postponed action Thursday on a proposed ordinance change to support a potential data center during a meeting that drew a few dozen people.
Real estate development firm Franklin Partners visited the township last month to discuss the possibility of a data center in the area. The firm is looking for uses for a property it owns on N Avenue, per township documents.
Almost 50 people attended the Thursday, Sept. 18 public hearing to consider amending the zoning ordinance to allow “data warehousing facilities” as a form of special land use in the township’s industrial district. Attendance almost exceeded capacity of the meeting space…