Demand for large-lot homes will wane in the next 30 years, as empty-nesters, singles and couples gravitate to homes on smaller lots and to low-density multiple family developments.
Carlisle/Wortman Associates winter, 2014 projects reflect the firm’s wide capacity, including community engagement; master, non-motorized and recreation plans and a town center study.
The watchdog group Good Jobs First (GJF) ranked Michigan second in the nation in measuring and reporting, online, the results of its job subsidy programs. Only Illinois scored higher.
Driven by an innovative, 2008 master plan, form-based zoning and higher design requirements, the City of Troy has seen $11 million in private economic development investment along its Big Beaver corridor.
The conversion of a beautiful, historic barn in Michigan’s Scio Township into a special events hall drove the township to create a zoning category that provides a new and unique way to protect and preserve agricultural land.
Local governments must make themselves desirable places for knowledge workers, and that requires different tools than those with which we once chased smokestacks.
Michigan communities are asked to focus on placemaking as they compete for state funds. The places we create, though, can succeed by attracting a wider age range than just young creatives.
Communities are shifting to contract companies to manage their community development and building departments. Here’s how to make that transition smooth and worry-free.
