Michigan
Michigan Sinks As Leaders Cling To Old Formulas
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.
A Bold Vision For Transit Future
Planners hope that Detroit's Airport City will take off, lifting the fate of Detroit, and even Michigan, with it.
Mayor Kilpatrick Envisions The 'Next Detroit'
In his annual state of the city address, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks to build on the success of last summer's MLB All-Star Game, Superbowl XL, and the recent boom in downtown housing starts.
Detroit's Airport City: Planes, Trains, And Promise
Can you say Super Transit Oriented Development?
Educate, And Revitalization Will Follow?
Kalamazoo, Michigan, has developed a unique plan for revitalization: free college tuition for any student who enters the school system by ninth grade.
Speedy Permit Process Helps Older Suburbs Redevelop
Michigan's governor rewards six older metro Detroit communities for successful completion of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities Initiative.
Detroit May Use Eminent Domain To Build Bridge To Canada
Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.
Ann Arbor Looks To Add Housing, Density
In downtown Ann Arbor, dense high rise development has traditionally been thought of negatively. However, a recent shift in political will has the City approving projects that will add greater density and housing to its commercial core.
Global Warming Threatens Great Lakes
The Union of Concerned Scientists issues a report outlining potential problems for the entire region.
The Revival of Detroit's Housing Market
For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.
Super Bowl Week Yields Lesson In Civics
How did a city capitalize on a three-hour sporting event to develop a clear set of goals for urban revitalization?
Can Detroit Continue Its Momentum?
The challenges are great, but city officials and business leaders are hopeful that Detroit will build upon its successful Superbowl weekend.
Looking For Modern Transit
Rapid transit is at the center of Grand Rapids' new development plan.
Detroit's Super Bowl Facade
As thousands of visiting Super Bowl fans converge on downtown Detroit, city officials are going to great lenghts to cover up the city's blight.
Personal Rapid Transit
Has the time come for this smaller, automated, electric transit service, the cousin of the Detroit People Mover?
Traverse City’s New Economy Rises On Old Brownfields
Grants, loans, and expertise propel a coastal community, building on considerable funding from Michigan's brownfield redevelopment program.
New Plans For Barren Lands
The Michigan Land Use Institute publishes a Brownfield redevelopment how-to report describing the state's success in developing a job-producing program.
Absentee Landlord Properties Auctioned Off In Effort To Revitalize
In Detroit, a new program sues absentee landlords to force them to renovate their property -- unlike citations, property owners face the threat of losing their property, which can then be put up for auction on a county website.
Detroit's Finest Landmarks Receive Controversial Super Bowl Cleanup
The City of Detroit's effort to put a better face on the downtown for Super Bowl Sunday has its share of critics, as most of the $12 million set aside for streetscape and building facade improvement has gone to locations that need it the least.
New Public Square Brings Life Back to Downtown Detroit
Detroit's new public square, Campus Martius, has brought life back to an infamously moribund downtown.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
