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LAND USE ISSUES
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Pipes and Pavement
The
uncoordinated state level land use policy and planning
results in a disjointed approach to planning that renders
many Michigan communities powerless to deal with sprawl.
State policies should be coordinated and analyzed for
their impact on local development patterns.
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Great Places by Design
Michigan
is often characterized by a lack of coordination in regard
to land use planning and policy. This lack of cohesiveness
often leads to costly duplication of services and investments
while posing an incredible challenge for a state that
relies heavily on its natural resource base for economic
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Cool Cities
“Cool
Cities” is about rethinking the way we choose to
live, and putting a stop to urban flight once and for
all. Cities and towns across Michigan’s can be great
places to live, and by supporting redevelopment in existing
areas, we can reverse the trend. Cities offer us what
no cookie-cutter housing and shopping centers plopped
into cornfields ever will: a sense of history, aesthetics
and community.
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People and the Land
Michigan
has been losing acres of open space to development each
day, and unless that changes, our days as an agricultural
and recreation state are numbered. Sprawling development,
which consumes land at a rate far beyond our population
needs, has converted thousands of acres of Michigan land
which would have been better suited to farming, forestry,
or tourism. |
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For additional information please visit MyMichigan.org!
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