Saline Township, MI, In a quiet patch of Washtenaw County farmland just outside Ann Arbor, something big is on the horizon. Not another corn harvest, but a massive high-tech data center that promises to put Michigan at the forefront of the AI revolution. OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, is partnering with software giant Oracle and developer Related Companies’ digital arm to transform 250 acres of rural Saline Township into a 1-gigawatt “hyperscale” computing campus nicknamed “The Barn”. Locals who have driven along Michigan Avenue past the iconic red barn on the property may soon see it standing at the gateway to one of the country’s most advanced artificial intelligence facilities instead of endless rows of crops. The project’s sheer scale and…

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Downtown Farmington, Michigan is getting a vibrant new centerpiece: the Farmington Art Promenade. This pedestrian-friendly corridor, also called “The Promenade” or sometimes the “Art Park Promenade” in planning documents, will transform a one-block stretch of downtown into a walkable gallery and gathering space. Spanning from Thomas Street to Grand River Avenue, the Art Promenade links key community hubs: it connects to Riley Park and the Walter E. Sundquist Pavilion (the heart of Farmington’s festivals) and will eventually lead onward to Shiawassee Park via a planned accessible trail. In short, a formerly ordinary cut-through is becoming an extraordinary public space filled with art, greenery, and hometown spirit.

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