ITHOUT OULMICHIGAN’S BEDROOM COMMUNITY PROVES THAT STEADY POPULATION GROWTH AND AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION CAN COEXIST WITH SMALL-TOWN VALUES. Tucked between Michigan’s capital region and the agricultural heartland of midMichigan, Clinton County’s distinctive identity differentiates it from typical suburban sprawl. With a population of roughly 80,000 residents spread across 575 square miles, this county has grown by 20,000 people over the past two decades while maintaining the close-knit character that originally drew families here. Named after DeWitt Clinton, the early 19th-century New York governor who championed the Erie Canal, the county 198 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 01
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