http://letssavemichigan.com en Copyright 2012 2012-04-25T19:16:00+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/bike-tourism-in-michigan/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2012-04-25T18:16:00+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/rail-investments-are-essential/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/rail-investments-are-essential/ We agree with the Freep: investing in rail makes sense for Michigan. 2012-04-23T19:19:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/letter-of-intent-deadline-today/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/letter-of-intent-deadline-today/ Your letter of intent to enter the It's About Place contest is due today! 2012-04-13T13:52:53+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/placemaking-picture-perfect-for-Michigan/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2012-04-11T11:37:53+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/weve-launched-our-placemaking-contest/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/weve-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. 2012-03-09T15:02:12+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-summary-part-2/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-summary-part-2/ Part 2 in our summary of the twitter talk we held last week with national experts on placemaking. 2012-03-07T20:46:18+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-summary-part-1/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-summary-part-1/ Did you miss our twitter event on placemaking this week? We're recapping it here. 2012-03-02T13:06:54+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/placemaking-a-whole-new-approach/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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! 2012-02-29T19:38:27+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/congrats-saline/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/congrats-saline/ Governor Rick Snyder announced that the community of Saline was selected by MSHDA to take part in the Michigan Main Street program. 2012-02-28T17:55:40+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-twitter-event-february-29-2012-100-pm/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leap-into-placemaking-twitter-event-february-29-2012-100-pm/ Join Let's Save Michigan next week for a live discussion--via Twitter--with four of the nation's foremost experts on placemaking. 2012-02-22T18:24:46+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/tell-amtrak-let-bikes-on-trains/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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! 2012-02-17T14:27:27+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-on-hr-7-delayed1/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-on-hr-7-delayed1/ Your emails helped delay a vote on a damaging federal transportation bill. 2012-02-15T14:48:56+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-no-on-h.r.-7/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2012-02-09T16:42:57+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leading-with-vision/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2012-01-27T14:11:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/forward-motion-in-2012/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2012-01-19T17:01:36+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/construction-on-amtrak-project-to-begin-this-summer/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2011-12-09T13:00:58+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/its-all-about-the-place/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/its-all-about-the-place/ What's working in cities? Placemaking. 2011-12-06T14:43:35+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/death-of-the-fringe-suburb/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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." 2011-12-02T14:22:13+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-must-build-it-so-they-come/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2011-11-22T12:15:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/creating-a-knowledge-based-economy/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/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. 2011-11-03T11:58:47+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-rail-summit-held-yesterday-in-lansing/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-rail-summit-held-yesterday-in-lansing/ Yesterday's Michigan Rail Summit focused on initiatives to help move Michigan toward a prosperous future. 2011-11-01T16:28:48+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-message-on-transportation/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-message-on-transportation/ Governor Snyder is providing his vision today for revamping our transportation and infrastructure systems. Will you be watching? 2011-10-26T13:18:17+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cute-kids-love-regional-transit/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cute-kids-love-regional-transit/ An RTA is an obvious, critical solution to southeast Michigan's transit woes. These kids understand that (also, they are really adorable). 2011-10-26T12:43:49+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/adventures-in-detroit-transit/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/adventures-in-detroit-transit/ Caught on film: one looooong trip from Detroit to a neighboring city. 2011-10-19T16:10:17+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-protect-high-speed-and-intercity-passenger-rail-funding/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-protect-high-speed-and-intercity-passenger-rail-funding/ We need your help to send a message to Washington that Americans need and want a stronger national passenger rail system. The deadline to sign the letter is October 21, act now! 2011-10-19T11:12:28+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-for-top-100-public-spaces-in-u.s.-and-canada/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-for-top-100-public-spaces-in-u.s.-and-canada/ Campus Martius Park in Detroit is at the top of the list for the top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada. Hurry! Get your votes in before October 15! 2011-10-13T18:48:26+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-transportation-odyssey/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-transportation-odyssey/ How many buses and trains does it take to get from Detroit Metro to Traverse City? 2011-09-29T16:22:43+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/first-twitter-talk-event-reaches-over-75000-people/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/first-twitter-talk-event-reaches-over-75000-people/ LSM and the League's Transportation "Twitter Talk" took place on Sept. 13, reaching over 75,000 people via Twitter. 2011-09-15T16:25:30+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/we-asked-you-answered/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/we-asked-you-answered/ This summer we've been collecting your transportation stories--what works, and what doesn't, in Michigan's current transportation system. 2011-09-13T01:12:48+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-us-take-on-blight/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-us-take-on-blight/ We're looking for a part-time fellow with an interest in public policy and law to help us develop innovative nuisance abatement policy. 2011-08-15T19:26:17+00:00