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AUBURN HILLS
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Hills is a city in Oakland
County in the U.S.
state of Michigan.
The population was 19,837 at the 2000
census. The 2008 census estimate places the population at
20,931.[5] Pontiac
Township and Auburn Heights together became the City of
Auburn Hills in 1983. The first use of the name "Auburn
Hills," in 1964, was by Oakland
Community College. They named their campus (a former Nike
missile base) at Featherstone and Squirrel roads for the
town and the hilly terrain in the area. Besides Oakland Community
College, two other colleges, Oakland
University, and Baker
College, have campuses partially within the city limits. |
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Auburn Hills roughly follows the course of Interstate
75 and is home to a prosperous business community. In the
early 1980s, Oakland University partnered with developers to
create a technology and research park on unused land it owned.
The Oakland Technology Park was approved by the city in 1985,
with Comerica,
EDS,
and Chrysler
to build campuses there. Today, the city's many tech and office
buildings cause its population to swell to 80,000 during the
workday.
Auburn Hills is home to the world headquarters of Chrysler,
the Walter
P. Chrysler Museum, BorgWarner,
Great
Lakes Crossing shopping center, as well as The
Palace of Auburn Hills, home of both the National Basketball
Association's Detroit
Pistons and the former home of Women's National Basketball
Association's Detroit
Shock. In 2002, the small downtown area at Auburn and Squirrel
was revitalized as the "Village Center" with streetscape
improvements. Pedestrian-friendly development is encouraged
in this district.
Other
Links:
City of
Auburn Hills
Auburn
Hills Public Library
The
Oakland County
http://avondale.mi.schoolwebpages.com/education/district/district.php?sectiondetailid=1
www.pontiac.k12.mi.us
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