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Archive for the ‘Economic Development’ Category

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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.”

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PBS Documentary on Detroit Transit Driven by Desire for Change

“Great cities…..have a functional transportation system that ties communities together.”

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Father and Son Risk Own Money To Install Acre of Solar Panels

They didn’t build this from a kit. Such things might not exist. These guys had to innovate.

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Michigan Made Solar Lamp Sold Here and Abroad

“This lantern is changing lives. That’s a good thing. This lantern is changing my life as well.”

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Bill Milliken: Ann Arbor lifestyle formula as good as San Francisco

“Yes (funkiness). We consider it part of the character. We like that.”

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Population loss is negative multiplier on economy

“We all eat and if you’re not here you’re not buying your food from here.”