Michigan Land Use Institute

Voters in Michigan and elsewhere are increasingly supportive of public expenditures for transit and open space, but many public officials don't seem to be paying much attention to shifting taxpayer priorities.

Kalamazoo's bold scholarship program is helping town's students and emerging as an effective economic development tool.

The City of Detroit and its suburbs continue to battle over one of the nation's largest water and sewer systems.

Innovative group helps working families live closer to town.

Hot new 'old style' neighborhoods protect northwestern Michigan's beauty and prosperity.

Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm works with Republicans to break new ground on funding public transportation.

New zoning ordinances would focus more on how buildings look and fit into their surroundings, and far less on what goes on inside of them.

A host of new problems faces Michigan in the 21st century, yet many state leaders have outmoded strategies for success in economic and community development.

Can you say Super Transit Oriented Development?

How did a city capitalize on a three-hour sporting event to develop a clear set of goals for urban revitalization?

Rapid transit is at the center of Grand Rapids' new development plan.

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

Grants, loans, and expertise propel a coastal community, building on considerable funding from Michigan's brownfield redevelopment program.

The Michigan Land Use Institute publishes a Brownfield redevelopment how-to report describing the state's success in developing a job-producing program.

Governments worldwide scramble to catch up with New Urbanism.

Protecting farmland not only aids thriving farms, it is also vital to the state’s economy.

Prince Charles’ vigorous touting of sustainability and Smart Growth while he visited Washington, D.C., hurricane-stricken New Orleans, and other American cities last month came as no surprise.

Online entrepreneurs compete with big-boxes as they revive downtowns across the country.

Long commutes no easy answer to affordable homes.

Regional economic transition invites new reckoning with transit.