Bike Tourism in Michigan
Did you know Michigan has the largest rails-to-trails system in the country? Find out how you can help Michigan take advantage of a newer kind of summer tourism.
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Letter of Intent Deadline Today!
Your letter of intent to enter the It's About Place contest is due today!
Placemaking Picture-Perfect for Michigan
Check out this Model D feature on placemaking in Michigan. Creating vibrant, attractive public spaces is not just a winning economic strategy. Placemaking is picture-perfect for Michigan’s return to prosperity.
We’ve Launched Our Placemaking Contest!
Looking for resources to reinvigorate a public space in your community? Enter "It's About Place," our placemaking contest for Michigan residents, community organizations, and municipal agencies.
Leap Into Placemaking Summary: Part 2
Part 2 in our summary of the twitter talk we held last week with national experts on placemaking.
Leap Into Placemaking Summary: Part 1
Did you miss our twitter event on placemaking this week? We're recapping it here.
Placemaking: A Whole New Approach
The national experts we convened for today's twitter chat, "Leap Into Placemaking," talked about how investing in place means re-framing development conversations to focus on people and communities. Amen!
Congrats Saline!
Governor Rick Snyder announced that the community of Saline was selected by MSHDA to take part in the Michigan Main Street program.
Leap Into Placemaking - Twitter Event :: February 29, 2012 :: 1:00 PM
Join Let's Save Michigan next week for a live discussion--via Twitter--with four of the nation's foremost experts on placemaking.
Tell Amtrak: Let Bikes on Trains!
Bike facilities on trains could increase tourism spending in Michigan. Sign a petition today to tell Amtrak to make it happen!
Vote No on H.R. 7
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that would eliminate some of the transportation funding sources that Michigan needs.
Leading with Vision
Model D explores how visionary urban leadership across the country and around the world can have a positive impact on cities. In the first of a series of interviews with mayors and other leaders who have made transformative change, Model D talks to Enrique Penalosa, mayor of Bogota, Colombia from 1998 to 2001.
Forward Motion in 2012
The Rapid, the authority that provides a variety of public transportation services for the Grand Rapids metro area and beyond, grows its services.
Construction on Amtrak Project to Begin This Summer
Construction on an Amtrak project is likely to begin this summer and continue for 3 or 4 years.
Death of the Fringe Suburb
This NYTimes op-ed talks about how there has been a "profound structural shift - a reversal of what took place in the 1950s, when drivable suburbs boomed and flourished as center cities emptied and withered."
“Michigan Must Build It So They Come”
Michigan Municipal League's book "The Economics of Place" gets praise. Read what Detroit Free Press columnist Ron Dzwonkowski says about it.
Creating a Knowledge-Based Economy
Earlier this week, 1290 WLBY talked to Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future Inc., about creating a knowledge-based economy in Michigan. Read the Q&A here.
