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Oct 19
ARPA Local Government Funding: Southcentral MI Planning Council Workshop
October 19, 2021 9:30AM – 12:30PM Doors open at 9:00 am for those attending in person. Catalyst Center at The Warner Building, 180 E. Water St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Local and tribal government officials are invited to join in regional discussions of how best to utilize the American Rescue Plan Act to invest in Michigan communities. Offered as virtual and in-person.
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Laura A. Reese
Professor, Urban & Regional Planning
reesela@msu.edu
517-353-5942
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Rural tourism opportunities increase in Tuscola County, Mich. from first-time visitor assessment program
Published on June 17, 2020
Opportunities increase for tourism from the first-time visitor assessment program. -
Opportunities in forestry: Hazelnuts
Published on August 6, 2019
Hazelnut products comprise a diverse and growing global industry. Recent regional developments represent an opportunity for Upper Peninsula growers to break into this $34-billion-dollar industry. -
MSU Extension hires new water resources educator
Published on December 19, 2019
Paige Filice will work statewide to prevent invasive species and protect Michigan’s waters. -
Learn how to design and shoot video like a professional on March 25
Published on March 5, 2021
Video is a powerful, yet not always easy to produce, communicative tool. Learn the best practices for this medium directly from a MSU professional videographer. -
New tool helps chart areas available to expand broadband infrastructure
Published on December 19, 2019
Broadband interactive map -
Addressing labor challenges together
Published on August 17, 2021
Help us understand the current workforce needs of agricultural operations across Michigan. -
First-time visitor perspectives become the catalysts needed to spawn change just in time for the novel coronavirus pandemic
Published on January 29, 2021
City of Laingsburg, MI acts on tourism assessment results, which helps prepare them for unpredictable changes related to the pandemic, downtown business, and web presence. -
To plan or not to plan? Minimum contents of a master plan
Published on June 17, 2021
For local governments that chose to adopt zoning, this is a moot question, as zoning must be based on a plan. Still, the minimum contents of a master plan are not well defined in law and communities have great latitude in developing a master plan. -
Planners must treat similar businesses the same way
Published on February 25, 2020
If planners are required to treat similar businesses in the same way, how can they respond to criticism for approving “too many of the same kind of business”? -
Text is marketing
Published on July 18, 2019
In the retail food industry, consumers spend a short amount of time deciding which products to buy from the crowded grocery store shelf. Typeface is an important aspect of food branding that can attract a consumer’s attention, and dollars. -
Annual entrepreneurship conference provides solutions to rural communities in advance of pandemic
Published on July 21, 2020
City of Alma, Mich. adopts rural connectivity solution in advance of the pandemic allowing students to access the web while being confined to learning from home. -
Direct development with Corridor Improvement Authorities
Published on December 19, 2019
Develop outside the traditional downtown
