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• Wholesaling for the food service market

  Published on December 13, 2013
  Selling your product for use in a grocery store deli or making the recipe of a restaurant for their chain stores may be a good wholesale option for your food business.

• Detroit’s land use patterns date back to the 1940s

  Published on December 13, 2013
  Land use patterns from the 1940s show a preference for single-family residential development for the City of Detroit.

• USDA NRCS “Conservation Stewardship Program”

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Program offers incentives for farmers to undertake conservation activities.

• The “Community Engagement Governance Framework” – Principles, Part 1

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Judy Freiwirth’s Community Engagement Governance Framework is proving effective with non-profit governance, but how well does it transfer to elected local and tribal governing bodies?

• Make decisions easier with this prioritizing tool

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Paired Comparisons is an easy systematic way to compare multiple choices that can lead to surprising results!

• Michigan State Legislature to take up statutory initiative

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Another example of how the Michigan Constitution allows citizens to be directly involved in the legislative process.

• Form-based codes and winter cities make for a hot combination

  Published on December 10, 2013
  A good form-based code can help a winter city ‘crank up the heat’ of public street life by creating compact, mixed-use neighborhoods and more.

• The “Community Engagement Governance Framework” – Principles, Part 2

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Judy Freiwirth’s Community Engagement Governance Framework is proving effective with non-profit governance, but how well does it transfer to elected local and tribal governing bodies?

• The WIC program provides nutritious food to Michigan families

  Published on December 10, 2013
  This federally-funded program helps assure that moms, babies and children under 5 have nutritious food to address nutrition-related health problems and increase healthy development.

• The “Community Engagement Governance Framework” – Introduction

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Judy Freiwirth’s Community Engagement Governance Framework is proving effective with non-profit governance, but how well does it transfer to elected local and tribal governing bodies?

• What is a winter city’s placemaking strategy?

  Published on December 10, 2013
  The ‘coolest’ winter cities equate snow, ice and cold to outdoor recreation, festivals and tourism dollars, turning what some might consider a ‘bad hand’ into a ‘full-house’ on which to double-down.

• “Strategic Planning” or “Strategic Futuring": what is the difference and which is should we use?

  Published on December 9, 2013
  Strategic Futuring can help communities chart a course to achieve their vision through successful collaboration and consensus building.

• What is your net worth?

  Published on December 9, 2013
  Net worth is equal to the assets minus the liabilities for family financial health.

• Bed bugs in transitional housing and shelters

  Published on December 5, 2013
  Proper management will keep bed bugs out of shelters. No need to turn people away!

• Food and farming networks and councils

  Published on December 5, 2013
  A regional food and farming network or policy council confers multiple benefits.