Michigan has invested at least $260 million toward buying land southwest of Flint to create an industrial ‘megasite’

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is publicly lobbying for a semiconductor factory on the property, saying it could mean thousands of new jobs

Neighbors are angry that they didn’t have a say and that about 165 homes are targeted for demolition for a mystery company

MUNDY TOWNSHIP — Acres of farmland just south of Flint’s Bishop Airport seem as serene as any in Michigan’s small towns.

That peace may not last.

At 1,180 acres, the land is Michigan’s largest active industrial development site , and the state is in the process of acquiring and demolishing about 165 houses within it for a megasite to lure big developers.

The price tag: About $260 million in taxpayer money, according

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