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FEBRUARY 6, 2025 • Vol. 21, No. 3
The Garling Barn makes the turn on to the driveway of its new location. The barn and silo will be featured in a new park located on Stoneycreek Road, halfway between Lake George Road and Myth Public Golf Course. Photo by Liz Carnegie
BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — An over 150-year-old historic barn has been saved from demolition in Oakland Township. The Garling Barn was recently moved from 2200 E. Clarkston Road to its new site on Stoney Creek Road, just east of Lake George Road in Oakland Township. “We wanted to save this barn because they were going to demolish the site to make way for a development. We knew the size of the barn could be very useful with all the park land the township has,” said Barbara Barber, a preservation planner. The 32-by-70-foot barn, she said, was donated to the See GARLING BARN on page 14A
Resiliency Center opens to help community heal following splash pad shooting ROCHESTER HILLS — Those impacted by the tragic shooting at the Brookland Splash Pad can now find support and come together to heal thanks to a new resiliency center.
In the aftermath of the July 15, 2024 Brooklands Splash Pad shooting, the state of Michigan knew it needed to do something to help people connect, while finding appropriate services to assist in the healing process. So officials approached Common Ground, which already opened centers in Oxford after the school shooting and again
in Lansing after the mass violence at Michigan State, to spearhead. Common Ground’s newest resiliency center, funded by the state of Michigan through a federal Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance grant, opened its doors Jan. 15 at 1970 E. Auburn Road in Rochester Hills to provide a safe and nurturing envi-
ronment for healing. “The purpose of these resiliency centers is really to help the community heal after an event like this,” said Common Ground’s Chief External Relations Officer Jeff Kapuscinski. The center, he added, offers long-term See RESILIENCY on page 16A
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