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Transportation Is The Most Important Placemaking Public Investment

Transportation is the most important placemaking public investment

  • December 21, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Public Investment
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We finish our new report, “A path to good-paying careers for all Michiganders: Creating places across Michigan where people want to live and work,” and this blog series, with a deep dive into transportation. Transportation is at the epicenter of…

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Michigan Needs To Invest In World-class 21st Century Infrastructure

Michigan needs to invest in world-class 21st century infrastructure

  • December 19, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Public Investment
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As the tragedy of Flint reminded us all, up to date infrastructure is an essential ingredient to livable communities. Transportation, water, energy and digital communications systems need to be world class for Michigan communities to compete for talent. Our new…

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We Need State Regulation That Allows Regional And Local Control And Enables High-density Development

We need state regulation that allows regional and local control and enables high-density development

  • December 14, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making
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Just as talent––the asset that matters most to future economic growth––comes in all human varieties, talented people are looking for a wide variety of quality of place features in where they want to live and work. Probably most importantly, some…

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Why Being “welcoming To All” Is A Key Part Of Placemaking

Why being “welcoming to all” is a key part of placemaking

  • December 12, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making
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The state must do its part to ensure that no talented workers are turned off and turned away by Michigan’s communities. That means a legal framework that prohibits all forms of discrimination, and access to the resources necessary for social…

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Why Placemaking Is Critical For Michigan’s Prosperity

Why placemaking is critical for Michigan’s prosperity

  • December 10, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Talent
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Over two decades of research has taught us one fundamental lesson: Talent = economic growth. The key to retaining and attracting talent is creating places where people want to live, work and play. Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg got…

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What Michigan Needs To Learn From Amazon HQ2

What Michigan needs to learn from Amazon HQ2

  • November 30, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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As we all now know Amazon picked New York City and the northern Virginia inner ring suburbs of Washington D.C. for their HQ2. Both characterized by high concentrations of those with four-year degrees or more and extensive transit systems. As we…

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Michigan Needs More Than Fixing The Roads

Michigan needs more than fixing the roads

  • September 28, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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If there is one issue that both Michigan candidates for governor seem to agree on it is that fixing the roads is a top priority. Good news in a state that for a decade or more let its 20th Century…

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Placemaking Lessons From Ford And Minneapolis

Placemaking lessons from Ford and Minneapolis

  • June 22, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
  • 2 Comments

The New York Times recently wrote about Ford's purchase of the long-abandoned Detroit train station. The article's subtitle is what matters: By renovating a symbol of the city’s decline, the company hopes to create a magnet for the talent needed to…

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Talent And Placemaking Go Hand In Hand In The Twin Cities

Talent and placemaking go hand in hand in the Twin Cities

  • June 15, 2018
  • Rick Haglund
  • Place Making
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When Bart Carrigan moved from East Lansing to Minneapolis to manage his Michigan-based employer’s newly opened restaurant, he was struck by the city’s many amenities. “I love the environment, and there are a ton of outdoor activities all year round,”…

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Metro Minneapolis Business Leaders Promote An Economy That Works For Everyone

Metro Minneapolis business leaders promote an economy that works for everyone

  • June 1, 2018
  • Rick Haglund
  • Blog, Place Making, Shared Prosperity
  • 3 Comments

Most, if not all, major metropolitan areas have business organizations that promote the economic well being of their regions. But the Itasca Project serving Minnesota’s Twin Cities is different from just about any such organization in the country. This group…

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