School of Planning, Design and Construction Land Policy

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  Recovering from the Flint Catastrophe: What is Flint doing? What would your community do?

  Published on May 16, 2016
  For the third time in a decade, Michigan made national and international headlines for negative reasons.

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  Place-Based Development: What Developers and Communities Want

  Published on February 4, 2016
  Demographics are changing, markets are changing and communities are changing.

• Planning & Zoning Center at MSU Authors Guidebook on Community Engagement

  Published on October 3, 2014
  The Guidebook explores some of the challenges associated with creating a relationship and building trust in two predominantly low-income minority neighborhoods around water quality issues in Flint, MI.

• Planning & Zoning Center Authors Guidebook on Community Engagement

  Published on October 2, 2014
  The Planning & Zoning Center at MSU (PZC), a part of the Land Policy Institute, in partnership with the Flint River Watershed Coalition, has developed a new community engagement guidebook.

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  PZC Releases New Vision for Flint Park Lake and Adjoining Neighborhoods in Flint

  Published on September 9, 2014
  The MSU Land Policy Institute’s Planning & Zoning Center partnered with community leaders to host multiple community engagement efforts in the neighborhoods surrounding Flint Park Lake in Flint, MI.

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  Protecting Water Quality Was Focus of the 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference at SVSU

  Published on July 18, 2014
  John Austin declared that Blue is the New Green when it comes to economic development during his plenary address at the 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference on June 12, 2014, at Saginaw Valley State University.

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  PZC Releases New Vision for Thread Lake and Adjoining Neighborhoods in Flint

  Published on June 18, 2014
  The MSU Land Policy Institute's Planning & Zoning Center partnered with community leaders to host multiple community engagement efforts in the neighborhoods surrounding Thread Lake in Flint, Mich.

• Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference: 3 things to know about climate change

  Published on June 12, 2014
  Climate change is a scientific fact, experts say, despite 30 percent of Americans don't believe in it.

• Register Today for Planning and Zoning Workshops on Rural Water Quality Protection

  Published on June 6, 2014
  Space is still available to attend two planning and zoning workshops in June to help rural communities protect water quality. Registration is available online and the cost to attend is only $10. The events are co-hosted by the LPI.

• Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference to highlight water quality protection, related efforts in the Basin

  Published on June 6, 2014
  The MSU Planning & Zoning Center (PZC) along with 13 other sponsors will hold the second Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference at Saginaw Valley State University's Curtiss Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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  LPI’S PZC to host 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference in June

  Published on June 3, 2014
  The Planning & Zoning Center (PZC) at MSU along with 13 other sponsors will hold the second Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference at Saginaw Valley State University's Curtiss Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Muck, invasive species on tap for 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference

  Published on May 30, 2014
  A group of experts will gather at Saginaw Valley State University in June to discuss ways to restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands of the Saginaw Bay watershed, but it won't be reciting research papers, one official says.

• PZC and the Flint River Watershed Coalition host visioning session for Flint Park Lake in Flint

  Published on April 4, 2014
  On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, a team of researchers from the LPI’s Planning & Zoning Center and the Flint River Watershed Coalition continued its efforts in the neighborhood surrounding Flint Park

• Saginaw Bay algae events, WIN Earth Day Contest, and warblers in ogemaw

  Published on March 21, 2014
  The Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference, being coordinated by the Michigan State Land Policy Institute and groups throughout the watershed.

• Save the date: GLRI 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference coming in June

  Published on February 7, 2014
  The Land Policy Institute’s Planning & Zoning Center at MSU is again hosting the Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference at Saginaw Valley State University’s Curtiss Hall in University Center, MI, on Thursday, June 12, 2014.

• PZC Engages Communities in the Flint & Shiawassee River Watersheds to improve water quality

  Published on November 1, 2013
  The Land Policy Institute's Planning & Zoning Center at MSU is partnering with the Flint River Watershed Coalition and the Friends of the Shiawassee River (FOSR) on a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant project.

• New rural water quality protection guidebook prepared by Michigan State University

  Published on April 13, 2013
  New guidebook is a “must have” that details best management practices that lower the impact of land use activities on water bodies and provides sample language for community master plans and zoning ordinances.

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  Planning & Zoning Center at MSU publishes new guidebook on rural water quality protection

  Published on April 4, 2013
  The Planning and Zoning Center at MSU (PZC), a part of the Land Policy Institute, has developed a new planning and zoning guidebook for use by local government officials in very rural parts of Michigan.

• Saginaw Bay Watershed Center Stage at PZC Conference

  Published on April 6, 2012
  More than 200 people attended the 2012 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference on Friday, March 16, 2012, at Saginaw Valley State University.

• Goose hunting likely to be further reduced at Shiawassee Wildlife Refuge

  Published on March 19, 2012
  The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, a blend of rivers, marshland, timbered flood pools and share-cropped fields, is soon likely to have fewer of the last.