Planning

Michigan State University Extension offers a broad variety of training courses and presentations on public policy topics related to local planning and zoning tools and techniques, planning policy options, land use and environmental issues, public participation programs, leadership development, community/economic development, and more. This service is available for Michigan’s 1,858 local governments (townships, villages, cities, counties), 14 multi-county regions, 12 federally recognized tribal nations, and interested citizens and activist groups.  MSU Extension provides accurate information on planning and zoning techniques, as well as current “best practices.”

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• Low impact Development: Putting the LID on flooding

  May 15, 2013 | Jane Herbert | Recent flooding serves as a reminder that upstream stormwater management efforts can reduce impacts at home and downstream.

• Sample Wildfire Hazard Zoning helps communities protect against property and life loss

  May 15, 2013 | Brad Neumann | Wildfires are common in Michigan, and individuals and local governments both play roles in addressing wildfire mitigation and protection to make communities safer.

• May is bike month: Support health and reinforce place by becoming a Bicycle Friendly Community

  May 12, 2013 | Brad Neumann | Whether biking to commute or for recreation; to maintain health or the environment, celebrate May as National Bike Month and help your community become a Bicycle Friendly Community.

• Millennial invasion: Communities must meet the needs of latest generation of young professionals

  May 5, 2013 | Glenn Pape | The population of 22-year-olds is at an all-time high. what does this mean for communities in Michigan?

• Tax revenue declines anticipated for Inkster in 2013-14 fiscal year

  May 5, 2013 | Richard Wooten | Inkster is anticipating a further decline in property tax revenue for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The city had already been dealing with persistent deficits and has been operating under a consent agreement with the state.

• Detroit’s new urban agriculture is a good start: Part I

  May 4, 2013 | Richard Wooten | The city of Detroit’s urban agriculture ordinance makes community gardens legal where they were once prohibited due to certain zoning rules.

• HOT TOPICDangerous currents workshops scheduled for early June

  May 1, 2013 | Ron Kinnunen | As deaths increase on Lake Michigan due to drowning by dangerous currents, three workshops are scheduled to help communities save lives of beachgoers.

• Creating complete communities

  April 27, 2013 | Glenn Pape | Using targeted urban design tools to repair suburban communities provides residents a complete range of housing and daily living needs

• New guidebook suggests planning and zoning essentials to protecting water quality

  April 27, 2013 | Dean Solomon | Inclusion of six essential elements in master plans and zoning ordinances can help protect Michigan’s water quality. New water quality protection guidebook can help rural communities understand and include those provisions in their plans and regulations.

• Planners Moments video series offers practical information for planning officials

  April 27, 2013 | Dean Solomon | Continuing training is essential for planning commissioners, but finding nearby opportunities is sometimes a challenge. The Planners Moments video series for planning commissioners can help planners obtain training hours without having to travel.

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