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What is, or is not, a charrette?
Published on April 25, 2025
Charrette is a very specific type of public involvement system for design and planning projects. Do not be fooled by people calling every public participation event a charrette. -
Category 4 sites under the Right to Farm Act Site Selection GAAMP
Published on April 25, 2025
Site Selection GAAMP provides local authority to permit livestock keeping in primarily residential areas -
People count: Population growth leads to basic economic growth, part 3
Published on April 10, 2025
Population growth is economic growth, which makes taking steps to attract people to move to a community an important strategy. -
Prosperity comes from a focus on people, policy and place on a regional scale, part 5
Published on April 10, 2025
It takes a region to provide the places, variety, resources and attributes to attract people; economic development also needs to be coordinated among state, regional, educational, local government and private sectors. -
Lapeer to host state-wide MSU Extension conference focused on supporting entrepreneurs
Published on February 19, 2025
MSU Extension will bring communities together to share best practices for entrepreneurial support on May 29-30, 2025.