Resources

Michigan Crunch Guide for Early Care and Education

Published on August 22, 2024
The Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch encourages healthy eating and supports farm to school and other local food purchasing initiatives throughout the region.
MSU Product Center 2023 Economic Impacts

Published on August 15, 2024
Since 2003, the MSU Product Center has assisted in business expansions resulting in total investments of over $455 million and creation of 3,673 jobs.
Citizen Planner Program Brochure

Published on August 2, 2024
The Citizen Planner Program is a land use training and certificate course for community land use decision-makers.
Land Use Planning & Zoning Certificate Courses Brochure

Published on August 2, 2024
MSU Extension offers a variety of land use certificate courses in various formats.
Michigan On-Farm Produce Safety Newsletter

Published on July 31, 2024
News articles, fact sheets, videos and podcasts produced by Produce Safety Technicians and MSU Extension Educators to support growers and stakeholders succeed in their on-farm produce safety efforts.
Rural Tourism Assessment: Roscommon County Summary

Published on July 30, 2024
The Roscommon County Economic Development Corporation and MSU Extension established a partnership to strengthen rural tourism by capitalizing on stakeholder knowledge, input, and first-time visitor perspectives to the area.
Organization and Codification of a Zoning Ordinance

Published on July 11, 2024
There is logic to the way a zoning ordinance is organized. This bulletin presents one example of how to codify a zoning ordinance. The example presents a system that might be used for all zoning ordinances in a county.
Planning and Zoning*A*Syst. #4: Community Planning & Zoning Audit, The Zoning Ordinance

Published on July 11, 2024
A performance audit on the The Zoning Ordinance (E-3054) reviews the process of zoning ordinance and zoning amendment adoption (to make sure that it was done properly) and what needs to be in the file to document that the proper steps were taken.
Rural Tourism Assessment

Published on July 1, 2024
MSU Extension's Rural Tourism Assessment (RTA) is a combination of well-documented, impactful tourism programs applied across various Michigan communities resulting in position changes.
Small Potatoes, Big Impact: Michigan Farm to School Potato Processing Partnership Case Study

Published on June 4, 2024
Michigan State University Extension supported the development of a potato processing program at Montague Public Schools.