MSU Extension Economic Development

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  MSU Urban & Regional Planning’s Peilei Fan receives Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the College of Social Science

  Published on May 2, 2019
  Peilei Fan, associate professor of urban & regional planning, was selected to receive the Cross-disciplinary Faculty Research Award from the MSU College of Social Science. She was recognized for the award on Wednesday, April 24 in the MSU Union Ballroom.

• Municipal Budget Part 3: Municipal budget legislation

  Published on April 26, 2019
  What legislation in Michigan governs Municipal Budgets?

• Municipal Budget Part 4: Your role in the municipal budget process

  Published on April 26, 2019
  Allow your voice to be heard in the municipal budget process for your community.

• The Municipal Budget Part 2: What is fiscal sustainability?

  Published on April 25, 2019
  Fiscal sustainability and how it applies to local units of government.

• The Municipal Budget (Part 1): Understanding municipal budgets

  Published on April 23, 2019
  The fundamentals of Municipal Budgets.

• Opportunity Zone trainings for local community leaders offered by MSU Extension

  Published on April 16, 2019
  Opportunity Zones are being billed as a potential major community investment vehicle, and these trainings explain the fundamentals for local governments.

• Preparing your community for opportunity zones

  Published on April 10, 2019
  New economic development tool to impact Michigan communities through a federal tax incentive

• Local government not benefiting from economic recovery

  Published on March 29, 2019
  Lack of revenue limits local units to enjoy economic recovery.

• Charlevoix receives visitor perspectives as part of annual entrepreneurship event

  Published on March 26, 2019
  Annual “Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities” conference offers first-time visitor perspectives to host community as a way to improve visitor experiences.

• Opportunities in forestry: Non-timber forest products

  Published on March 26, 2019
  Producing non-timber forest products within a forest can create income and open new markets. Value-added products from the forest represents a possible solution to non-timber forest products’ well known market challenges.