Michigan
Businesses And Residents Collide Over Bridge Expansion
With bridge expansion on one side and community growth on the other, residents and business owners are grappling with a construction drama that pits quality of life against the need for room at the bustling international span.
City Debates Local Environmental Ordinance
Troy, MI, drafts an ordinance to protect wetlands and open space.
TV Documentary On Urban Sprawl Available Online
Television documentary "The Sprawling Of America" examines the history of urban sprawl in Michigan.
TV Documentary: The History Of Urban Sprawl
Television documentary "The Sprawling Of America' examines the history of urban sprawl in Michigan.
HUD Grants For Michigan Housing Assistance
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development grants $10 million in assistance for housing and community development programs in four Michigan communities.
Communities Fight Mobile Home Parks
Why do townships discourage mobile home parks with zoning ordinances?
Michigan Republican Advocates Smart Land Use
Legislative package calls for a statewide effort to manage growth in Michigan.
The Politics Of Land-Use
Ron Dzwonkowski observes that issues such as sprawl, open space, and zoning affect everybody but few politicians take them on as campaign issues.
Downtown Blooms In A Detroit Suburb
Fenton, once a commuter's destination, is blooming as its own urban center.
Plan To Curb Michigan Sprawl
Initiative aims to curb sprawl and protect Michigan's open space and water resources.
Detroit's Riverfront Preservation Efforts
City leaders and activists are working on reversing the effects of a century's worth of neglect of the Detroit River.
Townships Embrace New Urbanism
Communities in Metro Detroit embrace New Urbanism to revive downtown areas.
Block Grants Help Revive Towns
The federal Community Development Block Grants are helping to revive towns in Michigan.
Visions Of Green
An ambitious private fund-raising effort aims to transform metro Detroit into a region of natural with the help of a strategic plan for linking green corridors throughout the seven-county region.
Public Or Private Parks?
Residents of Grosse Point must choose between opening their gated parks to the public, or paying Michigan state property taxes.
Sensible Development Preserves Open Land
A land use task force in Macomb County, MI, aims to protect farmland and open spaces.
Detroit's New Technology Tool For Developers
Detroit has developed a property inventory computer system which tracks the city's inventory of abandoned buildings and lots.
Sprawl, Farmers Clash
As rapid development explodes across Washtenaw County, MI, residents are fighting back.
Perrier's Controversial Plan To Tap Aquifers
Recent zoning changes favor Perrier's plan to pump out 720,000 gallons a day from Michigan aquifers. What will happen to the neighborhing wells, wetlands, and lakes?
Western Michigan Coastline Controls Considered
Officials has proposed $100,000 plan to study coastline community master plans and impact of new homes.
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
