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Hop on your bike, it’s National Bike Month!
Published on May 8, 2015
This spring, consider joining others in National Bike Month activities and events and swap your car for your bike to get to work, school or run errands. -
Local communities receive over $200,000 to fix weather damaged pipes and roads
Published on April 29, 2015
Severe winter weather prompted Michigan to declare a “State of Emergency”, and grant funding assisted local communities to make necessary infrastructure repairs. -
Liberating Structures Part 2: Tools to empower and engage
Published on April 29, 2015
Liberating Structures are engaging tools that are able to empower people in an organization or group. Here are two of the 33 tools that can be used to generate ideas. -
Understanding the urban transect
Published on April 20, 2015
The urban transect is a community analysis tool that can lead to better understanding of community form and patterns. -
Form based code/zoning may not be an advantage for rural zoning districts
Published on April 20, 2015
Form based code is an important and innovative zoning style for urban areas including downtowns. But it may not hold advantages for application in rural zoning districts. -
Separation of powers improves decision-making
Published on April 15, 2015
Administrative decisions made by the right government body can improve approval time and reduce risk. -
Liberating Structures Part 1: Tools to empower and engage
Published on April 9, 2015
Working with a group and looking for ways to get feedback and generate ideas? Wanting new and different approaches to facilitating a meeting? Look no farther than to Liberating Structures, a tool that’s engaging and empowering people. -
Electrical energy generation and the future
Published on April 2, 2015
Do you know where your power comes from, or what it costs? -
Complete Streets provide concrete benefits to communities
Published on March 27, 2015
A new report from Smart Growth America shows benefits of complete streets. -
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula predicted to have increased wildfire potential this spring
Published on March 26, 2015
After two years with lower than normal risk, much of the upper Midwest is predicted to have higher than normal wildfire risk this April.