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Building More Livable Communities: Corridor Design Portfolio
The Mid-Michigan Program for Greater Sustainability, a three-year HUD-funded grant administered by the TCRPC with local partners, including the Land Policy Institute, released the “Building More Livable Communities: Corridor Design Portfolio" in 2014.
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Drivers of Economic Performance in Michigan - Summary Report
A summary report detailing the natural features, green infrastructure and social/cultural amenities for the state is available from LPI in partnership with the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.
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Economic Impacts of Residential Property Abandonment and the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, MI
This study documents work by the Genesee County Land Bank to alleviate the burden of abandoned and tax-foreclosed properties in the City of Flint, MI.
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Economic Impact Analysis of the Ingham County Property Tax Auction
The LPI, in partnership with the Ingham County Treasurer’s Office completed a study to objectively and empirically measure economic impacts of the Ingham County Tax Auction Sale activities.
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Drivers of Economic Performance in Michigan - Full Report
A full report detailing the natural features, green infrastructure and social/cultural amenities for the state is available from LPI in partnership with the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.
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Rebuilding Prosperous Places in Michigan
A report detailing the views and values of placemaking in Michigan, the Midwest and the Nation is available from LPI.
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How to end a planning and zoning program – repeal of the zoning ordinance and planning commission ordinance
This publication is to review things to consider if a municipality (city, village, or township) or county is considering ending its planning and zoning program.
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Rural Water Quality Protection: A Planning & Zoning Guidebook for Local Officials
Published on December 31, 2012
The LPI Planning & Zoning Center has developed a new planning and zoning guidebook for use by local government officials in very rural parts of Michigan. -
Watershed Protection Planning and Zoning Assessment Tool
A Watershed Protection Planning and Zoning Assessment Tool was developed by PZC for the purpose of identifying water quality protection strategies currently in use by local governments within the Saginaw Bay Watershed.
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Land Use Pamphlets
Published on June 15, 2020
Land Use Series pamphlets written by MSU Extension for Michigan Local Governments. -
Sample #1O: Joint Planning Commission Agreement/Ordinance
Published on October 26, 2020
This presents a sample Ordinance and agreement (combined as one) for the creation of a joint planning commission in Michigan. There are many different decisions and ways a joint planning commission can be set up. -
Integrated Asset Management Policy Paper
Faculty in LPI and the School of Planning, Design and Construction completed a study on “Integrated Asset Management: Dealing with Neglected Infrastructure and Vacant Property in Legacy Cities.”
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What sorts of local regulations are preempted by the Right to Farm Act (RTFA)
Published on September 14, 2014
A series of "yes"/"no" questions to determine local jurisdiction. -
Sample #1B: Ordinance to create a planning commission
Published on April 27, 2022
Presents an example of an ordinance that creates a planning commission in Michigan. -
Check List #1G: Adoption of a Plan
Published on June 14, 2021
Presents a chronological step-by-step checklist to walk a county, village and city, or township through the process of adopting a plan in Michigan. -
Protect Your Michigan Home from Wildfire
Published on July 6, 2018
As more and more people find opportunities to acquire their “little piece of heaven” in rural Michigan, the interaction between Michigan’s wild lands and developed areas increases. One characteristic of these wild lands has always been fire. -
Land Resource Management: Economic Foundations and New Directions
The Land Resource Management: Economic Foundations and New Directions is a capstone, the final work of eminent economist, scholar and former Michigan State University Professor, the late Dr. Raleigh Barlowe who died at age 98 on May 18, 2013.
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Economic Impacts of County Population Changes in Michigan - Summary Report
In December 2009, LPI published the Economic Impacts of County Population Changes in Michigan (both full and summary report versions).
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Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future
The LPI released a national report in May 2009, titled Chasing the Past or Investing in Our Future: Placemaking for Prosperity in the New Economy.
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To-do list for what a community should do for economic development in Michigan
Published on September 20, 2018
There are over-riding principles for economic development and community development in a new/global economy. There are four principles that should be the foundation and background for each item on the to-do list.