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We catalyze regional collaboration, such as northwest Michigan's Grand Vision, and encourage better local planning and zoning. We also advance transportation choices like walking, biking, public transit, and rail, and promote better housing choices for working people.
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Special Reports
Expanding Transportation Choices in the Grand Traverse Region
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Connecting Villiages and Towns with Public Transit


Going To Town
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New Urbanism Arrive In Nothwest Michigan


Getting There Together
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Citizens’ Agenda to Move Transit Forward in the Grand Valley Region


Our Journalism
Time for Better Railroads in Michigan?

Time for Better Railroads in Michigan?

Cars drove Michigan’s economy during the last century, but crumbling highways, congestion, and soaring expenses have the state...more
Good-bye to Big Yellow Buses?

Good-bye to Big Yellow Buses?

Retirees Betty and Bob Dunham found another family of kids: the dozen or so neighborhood youths who congregated on school mornings in their...more


On Our Way To Copenhagen

The Institute's Brian Beauchamp heads to the Climate Change Conference....more
BATA Riders: More Village Service Means More Customers

BATA Riders: More Village Service Means More Customers

Doug commutes weekdays from Omena to his Traverse City job, but he hasn’t driven to work in months. Instead, he rides the...more


Does City Want Affordable Downtown Housing?

City officials have an opportunity to approve the development of a major affordable housing project in downtown Traverse City, something...more
County Planning Needs All of Us


County Planning Needs All of Us

Something important and hopeful just occurred on the Benzie County Planning Commission: It adopted a new ordinance that could help heal...more
The Scoop

08.05.10: A Free Energy Efficiency Forum in Ann Arbor offers insights from and for contractors, utilities, officials, non-profits, and homeowners.

A Bus System for Emmet County? The non-profit Friends Enhancing Emmett Transportation—FEET—now has a Web site dedicated to their cause.

Urban Gardens Are Taking Off in Houston, another sign of their booming nationwide popularity.

Solar Power Is Getting Cheaper and the industry says “distributed generation” is on its way.

Train Buffs Will Love these Cool Shots of some of the world’s most amazing railways.

You Can Reserve Your Chevy Volt Plug-In Hybrid at a new GM Web site.

First-ever Federal Coal Ash Regulations Are Pending, and a YouTube video sorts it out.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Food Chain Radio reports on wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park.

The Greening of Flint Continues, and this video looks at a youth-operated farm stand.

Our 20-20 Report Could Help Traverse City Light & Power find a new path to clean energy, according to a Record Eagle editorial.

Kalamazoo Celebrates Its First Water Festival on August 14

White Roofs Can Be a White Knight when it comes to cooling down global warming.

The Local Food Leaders at Traverse City’s Catholic Schools have posted a fun-packed video.

Michiganders Could Shop for Better Electricity Prices if state lawmakers lift a monopolistic cap that favors the state’s two biggest utilities.

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