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Nearly 80% of property owners enroll in buyout program, Marathon says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Jan 31Marathon: 80% in SW Detroit district enroll in plant expansion buy-out program
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Marathon: 80% in SW Detroit district enroll in plant expansion buy-out program
Detroit Free Press Local News
Jan 30Marathon hopes to buy out all or most of the homeowners in the Oakwood Heights district due to the expansion of its nearby refinery. The deadline for enrolling in the program is Feb. 29. »
Lessons from Marathon?
The Michigan Citizen
Jan 13By Shea HowellSpecial to the Michigan CitizenThe refusal of the corporate elite and foundations to acknowledge the failure of Detroit Works is reaching laughable proportions. Last week, Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press and American Black Jou... »
Some in Detroit neighborhood ready to take Marathon buyout
Detnews.com MetroState
Nov 17Detroit — After almost 90 years here, practically her entire life, Adelia Mendryga senses that it's time to go. It's not the changes that already have taken place in her Oakwood Heights neighborhood — the deterioration of the buildings, the holes in th... »
Marathon eyes 300 homes as refinery project advances
Detnews.com MetroState
Nov 03Detroit — Marathon Petroleum left notices on homes informing owners of the plans to purchase property in the Oakwood Heights neighborhood. Marathon hopes to buy out the neighborhood to create green space. »
Marathon Petroleum offers to buy out southwest Detroit residential property owners near refinery expansion
Crain's Detroit BusinessNews Feeds
Nov 02Chad Halcom - Marathon Petroleum Co. LP will make land purchase offers to residents in the Oakwood Heights neighborhood of southwest Detroit to clear up to 100 acres of green space near the expansion area of its refinery. »
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Nearly 80% of property owners enroll in buyout program, Marathon says
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Jan 31Marathon Petroleum said Monday that nearly 80% of the property owners in Detroit's Oakwood Heights district have enrolled in a buyout program announced by the company last fall. Marathon hopes to buy out all or most of the homeowners in the southwest s... »
Marathon: 80% in SW Detroit district enroll in plant expansion buy-out program
Detroit Free Press Local News
Jan 30Marathon hopes to buy out all or most of the homeowners in the Oakwood Heights district due to the expansion of its nearby refinery. The deadline for enrolling in the program is Feb. 29. »
Marathon plans to buy up homes around Detroit refinery
The Michigan Messenger
Nov 02Marathon Petroleum Co. has announced that it will offer to buy more than 300 homes near the southwest Detroit refinery that is being upgraded to process more Canadian tar sands oil. Residents of the Oakwood Heights neighborhood — part of the most pollu... »
Editorial: Marathon offer to residents can be an opportunity for Detroit Works
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Nov 02Marathon Petroleum Co. is taking good corporate citizenship to a new level with its extensive offer to buy out every resident in the Oakwood Heights neighborhood adjacent to its Detroit refinery »
Stephen Henderson: City needs to watch and learn from Marathon expansion plan
Freep.com Outdoors Blog
Nov 02Marathon Petroleum's plan to offer relocation help to about 1,200 residents of Detroit's Oakwood Heights area has both wonderful and ominous implications for your once ambitious, now sputtering Detroit Works program. »