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  Zoning Administrator Certificate Program

  Teaches zoning administration techniques in ways that reduce legal risks to the zoning administrator and their community.

• MSU Extension Citizen Planner Program

  Land use education and training to locally appointed and elected planning officials throughout Michigan. Teaches the fundamentals on roles, responsibilities and best practices for planning and zoning in Michigan.

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  Wayne Beyea, AICP

  Senior Specialist, Urban & Regional Planning
  

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  Economic Impacts of Property Tax-Foreclosure Auctions in Ingham County, Michigan, 2007-2018

  Published on June 27, 2019
  The SPDC, in partnership with the Ingham County Treasurer’s Office, completed a study to objectively and empirically measure economic impacts of the Ingham County Property Tax-Foreclosure Auction activities.

• Placemaking as an Economic Development Tool: A Placemaking Guidebook

  Published on May 31, 2016
  The Land Policy Institute, in collaboration with the MIplace Partnership Initiative, released the most comprehensive guidebook on placemaking in 2016, drawing from the best works available.

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  Zoning in on millennials

  Published on January 10, 2020
  Changing community codes to attract talented youth is one economic development strategy.