Michigan Land Use Institute

The Michigan Land Use Leadership Council recommends recommended directing a quarter of the state’s auto-related sales tax to finance new public transit programs in Michigan.

Congress weighs the sprawl-induced fat problem.

Scant legal basis matters little to bold claims of self-interest

James Kunstler calls suburbia "the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world."

Michigan citizens advocate to improve state funding for public transportation and repair old roads before building new ones.

Colin Hubbell is a successfulurban developer who's helped build 1,000 homes in his hometown of Detroit in the last six years.

The Michigan state Senate considers claim to "groom" beaches.

Statewide hearings reveal overwhelming support for curing sprawl.

Do smart growth policies increase the cost of building homes or help make home prices more affordable?

World Trade Center design needs the human touch.

Solutions mix public values, community investment.

Reforming land use policy can help most segregated state

Lessons for Michigan from other states.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources attempts to confront disinformation campaigns waged by property rights activists.

Michigan sprawl increases waistlines and health care costs.

Governor Jennifer Granholm's Michigan Land Use Leadership Council met for the first time in Lansing, MI.

Michigan's diverse Smart Growth council members have much to share.

New legislation would, for the first time, provide public oversight of new, large-scale withdrawals from Michigan's underground freshwater reservoirs.

Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".

West's hard lessons, Midwest's deteriorating aquifers underline treaty delay.