Michigan
Spending Fortunes To Dig Wells Out Of Trouble
Relying on wells for water supply is becoming less feasible as supply and water quality are put into question.
Detroit Housing Commission To Be Independent
The Michigan Court of Appeals allows the Detroit Housing Commission to become an independent agency, thwarting City Council efforts to maintain oversight.
The Decimated City Of Flint
Flint -- Michigan's fourth biggest city -- is an old economy city in a new economy world.
Detroit's Urban Renewal
Revitalization plan for Detroit calls for the demolition of abandoned buildings. But what goes up in their place?
At The Head Of The Smart Growth Pack: Earl Blumenauer
Offbeat lawmaker presses Congress to get in step on quality of life.
Ann Arbor To Require Higher Cleanup Standards
Ann Arbor City Council is expected to require cleanup standards higher than Michigan state requirements.
Entrepreneurial Agriculture
Fresh crop of innovative producers makes money, keeps land in farming.
A Rare Call For Stronger Cities
Former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard has proposed an innovative, city-oriented 50-point urban agenda for the state.
Sprawl: It's All In The Naming
Three smaller Michigan communities find that they are suddenly part of an urban area. By accident.
Michigan's Transit Connection
Buses and trains are key to Michigan's competitiveness. Unfortunately, the state has spent the last decade laying more pavement.
Expanding Ann Arbor's Historic District
Some homeowners worry abou the cost of a proposed expansion of historic district in Ann Arbor, MI.
Detroit To Allocate $100 Million For Redevelopment
A tourism tax will fund efforts to redevelop distressed urban areas.
Detroit's Gamble
The City of Detroit has found a profit center in casinos.
Using Transit For Community Development
A church-based community development organization is leveraging new rail transit to transform one of Chicago's roughest neighborhoods.
New Growth Outpaces Utilities
The Detroit suburb of Canton Township has grown faster than utilities can keep up. Is this an ominous trend?
Empty Big Boxes: Communities Rethink The Strip Mall
Retail closings can hurt communities. Some are looking at new uses for the empty "big-box."
Michigan's Failure To Wetlands
Is the state of Michigan allowing too much development on wetlands?
A Healthy Urban River
The Rogue River is healthy and full of fish -- and stretches right through several urban areas.
Waterways Form Economic Development Strategy
Michigan's natural rivers are attracting strong civic attention.
Detroit Draws Closer To Regional Transit System
Is Detroit's sour attitude to public transportation finally ending? It looks that way in the city that invented mass production of private vehicles and ardently pursued the nation's sprawling development patterns.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
