Michigan
Home Builders Train Guns On Ann Arbor Land Plan
Greenbelt would protect watershed, limit sprawl.
Saving Detroit's Orchestra Hall
A heroic effort sparks ongoing revival of once-dead neighborhood.
Preservation Is The Key To Urban Revitalization
How historic preservation, including tax credit benefits, is working in Detroit to spark urban revitalization.
If You Build Hotels, Will They Come?
Detroit hopes that additional hotel units will draw more people to the city, and help remake its image in the process.
Michigan Wants To Be Cool, Too
The state’s new governor responds to recent Census data naming Detroit as first in the nation in the flight of young adults between 2000 and 2002.
Dearborn, Michigan: America's Muslim Capital
An in-depth look at Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit that - home to the second largest Arab population outside the Middle East - some call "America's Muslim capital."
A Civic Gift
Michigan preservationists reclaim history and revive local economies.
Granholm's Way
Michigan's Smart Growth Governor embraces new approach to prosperity
Virtual Is No Refuge From Reality
James Howard Kunstler writes that for children, there is "no escape from America's car-dependent, cheap-oil fiesta."
Exploring Urban Renewal Through Sustainable Urban Forestry
An all-day symposium explores the benefits of sustainable urban forestry.
The 'Property Rights' Hypocrisy
Smart Growth's opponents love taxpayer investments, decry citizen involvement
Nothing 'Free' About School Construction Feasibility
Shunning "free" feasibility studies leads schools to a wise decision.
New Urbanism Thriving In Michigan
The Athens Banner Hearld runs a three-part detailing how Michigan cities are adopting the New Urbanism.
How To Revitalize Urban Cores: Five Recommendations
Panel proposes far-reaching changes for state laws and policies in Michigan.
Doubting Economic Development In Flint
Is Flint's economic development manager a savior or a sham? Economic development success can be hard to measure.
Preemptive War On Sprawl
In a city rated as one of the nation's best places to live, a proposed plan asks voters for money to fight sprawl.
Council Calls For Directing Sales Tax Revenue To Transit
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.
Hundreds March To Highlight Urban Disparities
Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a march of hundreds to highlight challenges facing American cities.
Detroit Residents Discover The Rural Thumb
Michigan's Thumb region, long overlooked as either a residential or vacation area, is starting to grow as Metro Detroiters migrate towards it.
Property Rights Movement Roars Back To Life
Scant legal basis matters little to bold claims of self-interest
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
