Nearly 300 residents in northern Miami County are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to protecting their rural property from future industrial growth and development. The group filed a petition Friday, April 9, in the Miami County Clerk’s Office to incorporate a new third class city named “Golden.” The city would encompass about nine square miles north of Hillsdale Lake, and the population would be 776, according to the petition’s documents. Jennifer Williams, who lives along Moonlight Road within the proposed city boundaries, filed the petition Friday after working with others during the past few weeks collecting more than 275 signatures from residents within the proposed boundary lines who support the plan.Source: Local News | republic-online.com
