Engaging Detroit: URC’s Contributions to Resurgence in the Motor City
Detroit is Michigan’s iconic city, with a diverse population and a rich cultural history. Its innovation helped create the auto industry and America’s middle class. Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) is an alliance of Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Michigan (U-M), and Wayne State University (WSU). The URC ranks as one of the […]
Data visualization: PSC helps longtime client explore this new frontier
Data can be used to make decisions and drive change, but only if it can be easily accessed, understood and manipulated. That’s why Public Sector Consultants (PSC) utilizes Tableau, an interactive software program that allows the firm’s clients to have the data they need in a way that is easy to visualize, use and share. […]
Eight placemaking assets show economic promise for Michigan communities
With so many headlines broadcasting the challenges facing our cities — from struggling schools, crumbling infrastructure and a lack of affordable housing to food insecurity and precarious finances — it is unclear whether city managers and local government officials have any arrows left in their quivers to sustain and revitalize their communities. Leaders of smaller […]
Michigan’s Water Infrastructure Investment Needs
PSC evaluated the adequacy of water infrastructure investment in the state, determining the funding necessary to upgrade statewide systems and facilities to meet current standards while also evaluating whether the current investments made by communities are adequate to address challenges.
Striving for more graduates in Michigan
This article originally appeared in Capital Gains, an online magazine and website showcasing the growth and investments transforming the Lansing region, on February 24, 2016. It has been edited by PSC staff for this reprint in Bright Ideas. Ezekiel Moreno, a college adviser at Everett High School in Lansing Jeff Guilfoyle of Public Sector Consultants Brandi Johnson of the Michigan […]
Leveraging Michigan’s natural resources for economic development
As any Michigander knows, our state has abundant and diverse natural resources that everyone can enjoy. These resources contribute significantly to the state’s culture, history, identity and economy—attracting visitors, residents and businesses to the state. Michigan is not, however, a top ten state in terms of its natural resource economy (i.e., an economy based on […]
Creating 21st Century Communities: Making the economic case for place
The Michigan Municipal League (MML), through its public policy forums, research, and education, identified eight assets that Michigan’s communities need to grow and strengthen in order for our state to prosper in coming years. In 2015, MML hired Public Sector Consultants (PSC) to evaluate the relationship between these eight assets and economic growth indicators like […]
PRESS RELEASE: Statewide Database, Census Info to Detail How State Actions Have Damaged Michigan Cities (mml.org)
For Immediate Release: March 17, 2016 Contact: Matt Bach Director of Media Relations Michigan Municipal League (734) 669-6317; C: (810) 874-1073 [email protected]; www.mml.org Statewide Database, Census Info to Detail How State Actions Have Damaged Michigan Cities Michigan Municipal League News Conference is Monday in Lansing LANSING, Mich. ― The Michigan Municipal League will hold a […]
Q&A: PSC’s Julie Metty Bennett on the firm’s inclusive approach to strategic planning
For an entire day, no phones were answered, no e-mails were replied to and no texts were sent. Instead, Public Sector Consultants’ staff unplugged for a daylong retreat to make sure the company was on track with executing a strategic plan to achieve its 2023 vision. The plan is organized around four goals that focus […]
Michiganders’ voices heard on issues ripped from the headlines
Michigan Radio and Public Sector Consultants (PSC) presented voters with a diverse set of questions in its latest quarterly poll, with topics ranging from robot cars to carrying concealed weapons. The last in this year’s series, this poll is a collaborative effort between Michigan Radio and PSC to better understand Michiganders’ opinions on important policy […]