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🌱 Patch AM: How Dearborn’s new zoning could block massive AI data centers nearby

Also check out Frames of Reference, Past and Present: Selected Works by Anita Bates | Opening Reception on the Dearborn Patch calendar

Friday August 28th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hi there, Dearborn! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Dearborn's new zoning could block massive AI data centers nearby
  • How new Dearborn–Kalamazoo rail upgrades could change your Amtrak ride

Also on today's calendar: Frames of Reference, Past and Present: Selected Works by Anita Bates | Opening Reception and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Turning cloudy and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: A blend of sun and clouds, temps: high: 82, low: 66.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two more Metro Detroit communities move to amend data center zoning (detroitnews.com) — Dearborn's City Council just tightened its zoning rules so data centers are no longer allowed by right in light industrial or tech-research districts, limiting them to general industrial areas instead. Officials say the move is meant to prevent massive, noisy hyperscale facilities from landing near homes and businesses, while neighboring Livonia considers similar guardrails for future data‑center projects.
   

• POLITICAL NEWS: Lake America? Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed for U.S. federal use (ourmidland.com) — Dearborn gets a direct connection to major new rail funding, with $145 million awarded to upgrade the passenger corridor between Dearborn and Kalamazoo for faster, more reliable Amtrak service. The roundup also highlights Dearborn Rep. Erin Byrnes' push to extend Michigan's FOIA to the governor and Legislature, plus other statewide political and legal battles that could shape transparency and health funding.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dearborn

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    Monday August 31
  • Picture Day for Students and Staff
    Crestwood High School Gym
    8:00 am
  • Tuesday September 1
  • CHS Open House - Student Success Night
    Crestwood High School Whole School
    5:30 pm
  • Thursday September 3
  • Frames of Reference, Past and Present: Selected Works by Anita Bates | Opening Reception →
    Stamelos Gallery, 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn
    5:00 pm
  • Monday September 7
  • No school - Labor Day
    Howe Montessori and Center Based Education Dearborn, MI 48124
  • Tuesday September 8
  • Early dismissal
    Howe Montessori and Center Based Education Dearborn, MI 48124
  • Friday September 11
  • 10,000 Sq. Ft. Rummage Sale →
    St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 375 Lothrop Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms
    9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Monday August 31
  • Picture Day for Students and Staff
    Crestwood High School Gym
    8:00 am
  • Tuesday September 1
  • Welcome/Faculty PD #1
    Arno Elementary Allen Park, MI 48101
    8:00 am
  • CHS Open House - Student Success Night
    Crestwood High School Whole School
    5:30 pm
  • Elementary Meet the Teacher Night
    Arno Elementary Allen Park, MI 48101
    6:30 pm
  • Wednesday September 2
  • Dearborn JV Football @ Crestwood →
    Crestwood High School, 1501 N Beech Daly Rd, Dearborn Heights
    6:00 pm
  • Thursday September 3
  • Introduction to Rain Gardens
    Melvindale Public Library Melvindale, MI 48122
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dearborn Federal savings bank on Michigan Avenue near S.
    Military Rd. is having free things they're giving away and a free lunch with hamburgers, hotdogs, corn, potato salad and coleslaw and then they have… (Nextdoor Snow Woods)
  • Did you know the United States Postal Service will email you daily about your upcoming mail delivery?
    It has scans of the front of the envelope in the email and it is FREE. No special app necessary, it just comes to your email. https://www.usps.com… (Nextdoor Georgetown Commons)
  • Goodwill of Greater Detroit posted a job opening for Store Inventory Clerk in Dearborn. Apply here.
  • Henry Ford College posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty - Chemistry in Dearborn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dearborn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Dearborn Heights

  • Mechanical Heating, Cooling & Electrical Addresses AC Replacement Timing (rivertonjournal.com)
  • American Medinas: Turning US Cities Into 'Beachheads' for Islam (realclearinvestigations.com)
  • Wild Ohio wedding brawl leaves guests injured as man allegedly threatens crowd with butter knife (wfin.com)

Allen Park

  • Mich. City Defeats Excessive Force Claim Over Driver's Arrest (law360.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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