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Archive for the ‘Economic Development’ Category

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People Choose Place Then Create Jobs

Prosperity Initiative stresses a sense of place.

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Not Counting on Free Markets to Save Cities

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development visits Michigan. Architecture training shapes his policies, leads him to hold up Flint as model.

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Even Factory Workers Must Self-Promote

From First Gentleman Dan Mulhern at Next Great Companies Summit

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Public Money and Wise Land Use

MSU Conference Friday April 23

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Art Deco Lansing Landmark to be Restored

Years in Europe inspired young local developer

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A Land Use Candidate for Governor?

Former county treasurer offering recipe for fixing the economy

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Benton Harbor’s Jean Klock Park–Part 1 A Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course or Preservation?

Couple who donated park to the city in 1917 said, “Perhaps some of you do not own a foot of ground. Remember then that this is your park.”

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Benton Harbor’s Jean Klock Park–Part 2 The Legal Battles

“You’re either moving forward or backward these days,” says developer.

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Benton Harbor’s Jean Klock Park–Part 3 Racial/Environmental Justice

City Council Member Juanita Henry: “I was like Wo! Wait a minute. Big red flags flew up.”

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Sense of Urgency When Viewing PBS Documentary on Detroit Public Transit

Real estate developer says, “Do it. Move it. Go. Do it.”