Natalie joined CLOSUP in 2015 and serves as project manager for the CLOSUP Fiscal Health Project and assists with project management for the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS). She also manages CLOSUP's web and social media outreach activities. She…
Many California communities have adopted urban growth boundaries (UGBs) as a means of planning for and managing future development. This report uses data obtained through a new survey of municipal planning officials to explore the proliferation of...
This report summarizes one of the first academic studies to systematically examine the factors that affect the formation and ongoing operations of regional governmental planning efforts related to land use issues. Michigan law (as with many states)...
CLOSUP has partnered with public finance experts from universities, consulting firms, and research institutions from around the state to produce the following strategy guides and memos. ...
Past CLOSUP-run research projects
Michigan Local Energy Survey (MiLES)
CLOSUP Wind Project, part of CLOSUP's Energy and Environmental Policy Initiative (EEPI)
National Surveys on Energy and Environment, part of CLOSUP's EEPI
CLOSUP...
Engaging students
The "CLOSUP in the Classroom" initiative, launched in 2013, links the Center's research activities with teaching in the Ford School and elsewhere, to enhance and expand student learning opportunities. The initiative brings...
After the passage of Michigan's Proposal 2, one of Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's (MICRC) highest priorities was to redraw the new district maps taking into account 'communities of interest,' or COIs.
In November 2018, the citizens of Michigan passed Proposal 2, which amended the Michigan Constitution to place congressional and state legislative redistricting in the hands of a new Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC)...
