Monthly Archives: January 2010

Colony Farm Orchard: Can The Land Abide?

By rbrewer | Published: January 17, 2010

I sent a slightly different version of this essay to Western Michigan University’s student newspaper, the Western Herald on 17 January 2010 [Published 20 January with title Reps. Jones, George could have protected Colony Farm Orchard.] The Herald correctly reported on 10 January 2010 (online, 11 January print) that Governor Granholm signed HB 5207 recently.  [...]

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Colony Farm Orchard Bill 5207: Granholm signs, says nothing

By rbrewer | Published: January 13, 2010

Just a quick update for historical purposes:  Mid-afternoon on Tuesday 5 January 2010, Governor Jennifer Granholm signed HB 5207.  She made no reported comment and she has made no known responses to the hundreds of letters, phone calls, emails, and Faxes opposing the bill she received over the past several months.  Governor Granholm has not [...]

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Probably the last review of Conservancy: The Land Trust Movement in America

By rbrewer | Published: January 7, 2010

In the earlier version of my website, I had a page where I posted reviews of Conservancy: The Land Trust Movement In America, or links to them.  The last count was a dozen.  Posted here for the sake of completeness is the last one, as far as I know. It appeared in 2006, by which [...]

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What Does WMU Really Want the Colony Farm Orchard For?

By rbrewer | Published: January 2, 2010

The Kalamazoo Gazette for Wednesday 30 December 2009 had a front-page article with the headline “Bill to allow WMU business park expansion is on governor’s desk.” In it we learned that “WMU leaders hope to expand the Business Technology and Research Park to the 55-acre Colony Farm Orchard property….” But do they?  WMU has claimed [...]

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