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‘Living for the City’

July 7, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

NAACP, Institute report lists Detroit’s top challenges, links them to fighting sprawl...


State Senate Misses Another Bus

June 23, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Continued budget reductions, federal delays threaten local transit...


Michigan Groups Mobilize to Save Block Grants

April 4, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Bush proposal threatens many local governments’ budgets...


Federal Funding for Community Economic Development

April 4, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

48 Michigan “entitlement communities” received $112 million in ‘04...


Detroit’s Public Transit Stuck in Neutral

March 9, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Under-funding and poor coordination hold back city’s renaissance...


Working Detroiters Need More Affordable Housing

March 9, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Low wages, high prices destabilize families and neighborhoods...


Race Relations Slow Progress in Metropolitan Detroit

March 9, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

More communication, better understanding can tear down the walls...


NAACP, Institute Recommend: Better Transit, Housing and Race Relations

March 9, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Three crucial steps will accelerate Detroit’s renaissance...


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March 9, 2005 | By Charlene Crowell

Revitalizing cities, preserving rural communities...


Legislature OKs Affordable Housing Fund

December 21, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Program to boost home ownership also helps cities...


Back to the Future For Young G.O.P. Lawmaker

September 19, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Ward, working both sides of aisle, invokes the spirit of Lincoln and Roosevelt...


Jimmy Carter Hammers at Michigan’s Affordable Housing Problem

September 16, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

But state Legislature’s inaction means severe shortages will persist...


Michigan’s Pro-Transit Landslide

August 18, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Big local victories challenge Lansing inaction on public transportation...


Governor’s Awards Salute Urban Revitalization

July 19, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Preservationists win for “mixed use” projects...


‘Buzz’ Thomas Goes Beyond Cool Cities

July 16, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

A state senator from Detroit revives the faded Urban Caucus...


New Threads For The City

June 15, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Jackson, 16 others, awarded “cool” grant...


Three Steps to Transit Success

June 2, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Kent County Republican Kooiman touts cooperation, quality, local commitment...


A Quiet Force For Cool Cities

May 6, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

David Hollister designs a promising but untested economic strategy...


Living For The City

March 17, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

Developing Smart Growth leadership in Detroit...


In Lansing, A Legislative Breakthrough

January 8, 2004 | By Charlene Crowell

17 bill signings reflect growing Smart Growth momentum...

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