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Instead of new coal power, firm plans big jump in renewables...
Seventeen years ago, some Grand Traverse-area residents launched a grassroots movement to better manage the area’s growth. They wanted to protect the area’s pristine environment, farmland, and uniqueness....
Governor says revived factory just part of state’s green jobs future...
The Grand Vision has had more citizen involvement - over 15,000 residents - than any other planning process ever conducted in this region, and has engaged environmental groups, business leaders and civic organizations....
Granholm’s green jobs plan will cut need for new power...
After almost 18 months of citizen workshops, interviews, surveys, and balloting involving more than 15,000 people, the Grand Vision is ready to roll out a 50-year development plan. And Mr. Shetler thinks implementing it is key to spurring Kalkaska’s turna...
Utility must prove plant's needed, prudent, and feasible...
With the votes tallied and the surveys sifted, the results of the six-county, citizen-based Grand Vision land use and transportation study indicate that residents of Benzie County and the five other counties in the Grand Traverse region largely agree on h...
But lawmakers’ petition, Cox opinion reflect utilities clout...
Governor explains her clean-energy initiatives in video interview...
We are sending out some kudos this week to Emmet County for the very impressive Comprehensive Plan its board of commissioners approved last month....
Her big ‘green jobs’ program aims to cut utility bills, fossil fuel use...
A costly legal battle between a big-box developer and Emmet County’s Bear Creek Township is winding down, and the news is mixed....
February 19, 2009 | By Glenn Puit
Draft reflects wide preference for walkable towns, nearby work, open spaces...
Nearly a year ago, we reported on the significant cultural and political divides in Benzie County that have led, in part, to two townships pulling out of countywide planning and zoning....
As Michigan seeks to formulate a new economy that will increasingly rely on clean energy for power and jobs, Benzie County is developing a local wind-energy ordinance that some say could help lower electricity bills and create new employment in the county...
In two head-turning reversals, Benzie County has fired its zoning administrator, Craig Seger, and revoked its earlier decision to eliminate longtime county planner Dave Neiger....
December 22, 2008 | By Glenn Puit
As Rogers City plant faces final hearing, Buckeyes warn against dirtier fuel...
December 22, 2008 | By Glenn Puit
Across America, utilities are embracing a dirtier, cheaper fuel...
December 4, 2008 | By Glenn Puit
New commissioner eager for solutions to Benzie’s planning, zoning problems...
