Land use planning

MPPS in the news

Plan Now to Overcome Reflexive Opposition to Large-Scale Solar

Mar 6, 2023 American Planning Association

Community opposition to solar projects is becoming a common hurdle that renewable energy proponents must respect and address. It often stems from uncertainty, resulting in a tension in which perceptions of place and community character are pitted...

CLOSUP Updates

MPPS Report: Michigan local governments report fewer economic challenges one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and describe efforts to support local businesses

Sep 29, 2021

A new report from the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) presents local government leaders’ views on COVID-19’s impact on local economic conditions, as well as reports of whether or not their local governments took action to help local businesses...

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CLOSUP Updates

MiLES Report: Energy Issues and Policies in Michigan Local Governments

Oct 7, 2020

This report presents the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding a variety of energy issues and policies in their jurisdictions, including the relevance of particular energy policies for their communities, whether the jurisdiction...

MPPS in the news

Most local jurisdictions follow master plan, but struggle with too few planners

May 14, 2018 The University Record

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Michigan local governments report fewer economic challenges one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and describe efforts to support local businesses

September 29, 2021

This report presents local government leaders’ views on COVID-19’s impact on local economic conditions, as well as reports of whether or not their local governments took action to help local businesses during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Michigan Public Policy Survey - County-wide Planning and Zoning Fact Sheets

May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021: This fact sheet highlights two separate sources of information on local government planning and zoning: the Michigan Zoning Database and the Fall 2017 Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS). The Michigan Zoning Database is a joint...

Working Papers

Solar Siting Authority Across the United States

February 18, 2021

Elena Essa, Kristina Curtiss, Claire Dodinval

This report aims to understand the policy and regulatory landscape surrounding solar siting in the United States in the past, present and looking towards the future. The scope of this analysis includes siting for photovoltaic (PV) solar projects at...

Working Papers

The Right to Farm Energy: Can Existing Right-To-Farm Laws be Applied to Emerging Renewable Energy Developments?

February 15, 2021

Emma Uebelhor**, Jane Wentrack**, University of Michigan

As the economic viability of utility-scale renewable energy systems has grown through the past decades, wind and solar developers are increasingly interested in placing projects on farmland. While landowners, communities and developers gain benefits...

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Energy Issues and Policies in Michigan Local Governments

October 7, 2020

Student Working Papers

The Influence of Equity and Land-Use Sustainability in the Planning of the District Detroit

May 1, 2020

Senna Catenacci

The city of Detroit, Michigan, is undergoing a development boom unlike anything it has seen in recent years. The District Detroit is one such project, pioneered by one of the city’s most recognized families. What is difficult to discern, though, is...

MPPS

Energy policies and environmental leadership among Michigan's local governments

January 1, 2020

This report presents information from Michigan local government officials regarding local energy issues and policies. In addition, the report looks at local officials’ opinions on environmental leadership in local government. These findings are...

MPPS

Approaches to land use planning and zoning among Michigan's local governments

May 1, 2018

This report presents the opinions of Michigan's local government leaders on issues related to land use planning and zoning, including use of master plans and capital improvements plans (CIPs), staff or external contractors associated with planning...

Student Working Papers

Feeding Urbanized Farmland: Food Policy in the Midwest

October 1, 2017

Claire M. Griffin

The connection of food systems to the urban environment cannot be ignored as cities require outside production to provide the bulk of resources needed to sustain their residents’ physical, social, and economic needs. Literature suggests that food...

Working Papers

Prospects for Expanding Regional Planning Efforts

June 1, 2010

Elisabeth Gerber, Carolyn G. Loh

We assess the potential for expanding regional planning by asking local government officials their perspectives on the potential for increasing regionalism in their communities, and the most promising approaches to achieving greater regionalism. Our...

Working Papers

What Helps or Hinders Nonprofit Developers in Reusing Vacant, Abandoned, and Contaminated Property? Findings from Detroit and Cleveland

February 1, 2009

Margaret Dewar

Many cities of the Northeast and Midwest have experienced loss of population and industry since the 1950s. The resulting drop in demand for land has led to owners' abandonment of property and to vacant land after demolition of derelict structures....

Energy and environment

CLOSUP Wind Project

January 2013 - December 2019

Sarah Mills

The CLOSUP Wind Project, led by Sarah Mills, aims to improve understanding of state and local policy issues related to utility-scale wind energy development. This project originated from three surveys conducted in 2013 and 2014-one of residents in the Great Lakes region, another of local officials in Michigan, and a third of farmland owners near four Michigan windfarms. In 2016, CLOSUP received a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to investigate community attitudes about wind energy near Michigan's existing windfarms and then communicate lessons-learned to inform local wind...

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