2004 Land Use Legislation
"Thirty seven million acres is all the Michigan we will ever have"  
          --former governor William G. Milliken

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Index for this Page:

Handouts for entire program  
Joint Planning. Training programs already scheduled on Joint Planning, Open Space, Land Bank, Blight and Brownfields.
Noncontiguous Open Space (TDR?).

Training program not set up near by? How to set up a training program in your area.
Fast Track Land Bank. Other source materials.
Blight / Quality of Life. Other organizations with information on these topics.
Brownfields. To obtain software to download materials offered on this page.

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Training Programs already scheduled.  
  First look and see if a training program is already set up near you. Consider contacting and pre-registering for that program. Programs which are scheduled already are:
Date Location Starting Time

Contact to
Pre-Register

 Instructor(s)
         

 

 

 

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How to set up a training program for your area.  

To set up a program in your county; contact your county's Michigan State University Extension Director. Your Extension Director will arrange for this training program in your county -- or your county and a number of adjacent counties.

Notes for CED/sponsors.
Template registration flyer in MS Word™ or WordPerfect™.
Evaluation form.

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Instructors to contact for this program Topics the instructor can/can't teach MSUE region instructor is primarilly available for. Some are able to travel to other regions also.
Name

Joint
Plan

 Open
Space 		Land
Bank 		Quality
of Life		 Brown-
fields 		UP N WC EC SW SE
Rod Cortright 1 1 2 2 2 x x        
Wayne Beyea 1 1 2 2 2     x      
Phil Davis no no no no 1            
Terry Gibb 2 1 no 2 1           x
Jan Hartough 1 1 2 2 2     x      
Dave Ivan 1 1 2 2 2       x    
Zenia Z. Kotval no no 1 no no            
Pat Norris 1 1 1 1 1 x x x x x x
Linda Patrick 2 2 1 1 2           x
Kurt H. Schindler 1 1 2 1 2 x x        
Dean Solomon 1 1 no 2 no         x  
Lisa Szymeko         1 x x x x x x
Gary Taylor 1 1 2 1 2     x x    
Nancy Thelen 1 1 2 2 2           x
June Thomas 2 2 1 2 no       x   x
Mike Thomas 1 2 2 2 1       x x  
Kendra Wills 1 1 2 3 3     x      

Authors:

 

 

Entire Training Program Handouts

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Joint Planning  
   

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Noncontiguous Open Space (TDR?)  
   

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Fast Track Land Bank  
   

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Blight / Quality of Life  
   

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Brownfields  
   
Other source materials  
 
  • Joint Planning
  • Noncontiguous Open Space (TDR)
  • Land Bank
  • Blight/Quality of Life
  • Brownfields
   

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Other organizations with information on these topics.  
   

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