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LeBlanc ('13) graduates from MSU with international experience
Published on August 16, 2013
Recent MSU graduate Michelle LeBlanc has built a resume that earned her the 2013 Outstanding Bachelor's Student Award from the American Planning Association (APA). -
SPDC Faculty Q&A: Dr. Rex LaMore discusses abandoned property research
Published on August 1, 2013
A new report released by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers Dr. Rex LaMore and Michelle LeBlanc drew national attention on July 3, 2013. -
MSU faculty to present at confernce in Dublin
Published on July 10, 2013
Faculty members from the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction’s (SPDC) Urban and Regional Planning Program will take their work across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Report recommends factory insurance to stop urban blight
Published on July 10, 2013
Michigan State University researchers are getting attention with a proposed remedy for urban blight. -
MSU report: Businesses--not taxpayers--should carry burden for cleaning up abandoned factories
Published on July 10, 2013
Taxpayers often end up footing the bill for demolishing abandoned factories and other buildings to make way for new development. Researchers at Michigan State University say that's not fair. -
Guest commentary: One policy change can help end blight of abandoned property in Michigan
Published on July 10, 2013
Research at the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development examined the feasibility of adopting sound public policy that would require private entities to secure financial instruments. -
MSU graduate Mark Jones ('12) joins SEMCOG as a regional planner
Published on July 10, 2013
Mark Jonesis leaving the friendly confines of East Lansing for the big city as he was hired as a regional planner by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) this summer. -
Conceptual plans for Dearborn train station available online
Published on July 8, 2013
The public can now view the final conceptual designs for future potential development in the area around the new Intermodal Passenger Rail Station in west Dearborn. -
Factory insurance would fight blight
Published on July 3, 2013
Automakers and other private firms should be required by law to carry insurance policies to pay for tearing down their factories and buildings. -
Dearborn: Planners share more refined ideas for area around train station
Published on July 3, 2013
Planners from MSU's School of Planning, Design and Constructionpresented a more refined idea for the area around Dearborn’s new passenger rail station, calling for more green spaces. -
SPDC Landscape Architecture Prog & Alumni Assoc to host golf fundraiser
Published on June 13, 2013
MSU is hosting the 23rd Annual LAAA Scholarship Fundraising Golf Outing on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at Hawk Hollow Golf Course in East Lansing. -
SPDC’s Mark Wilson co-authors book on global information society
Published on May 6, 2013
The new publication, Global Information Society: Technology, Knowledge and Mobility, offers a comprehensive, global perspective on the information society from a broad social science perspective. -
Residents receive update on train station, development plans
Published on April 18, 2013
The City of Dearborn asked a team from MSU's School of Planning, Design and Construction, including Instructor Wayne Beyea and Professor Warren Rauhe, to study the 60 acres around the new train station on Michigan Avenue east of Brady. -
SPDC to Co-Sponsor Building Conference at MSU
Published on April 9, 2013
The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) and Tremco are sponsoring the second annual Great Lakes High Performance Building Conference on Thursday, June 6 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center. -
LandTEXTURE Newsletter
Published on April 9, 2013
The Spring 2013 edition of LandTEXTURES published by the MSU Landscape Architecture Alumni.