Impacts of Quality-of-life Indicators on Michigan’s Cities
Prepared for Michigan Business Roundtable Land Use Task Force, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and Urban Core Mayors A copy of the full report is available below.
Building Consensus by Delivering the Message: Analysis of Community, Parent, and Stakeholder Attitudes on Early Childhood Education and Care and Economic Analysis
Prepared for Eaton County Early Childhood Connections A copy of the full report is available below.
Civil Environmental Discourse Project Survey and Focus Group Findings
Prepared for Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council A copy of the full report is available below.
Eaton County Early Childhood Connections: Year One Evaluation Report
Prepared for Eaton Intermediate School District A copy of the full report is available below.
Status of Michigan Cities: An Index of Urban Well-Being
Prepared for Michigan Bipartisan Urban Caucus and the Michigan Economic and Environmental Roundtable Funded by A grant from the Mott Foundation and the Frey Foundation Project Detail This report is the second in what is planned as an ongoing, biennial compilation that provides policymakers and the public with an overview of the condition of Michigan’s […]
Michigan Land Resource Project
Prepared for The Frey Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation On behalf of the Michigan Economic and Environmental Roundtable A copy of the full report is available below.
The Michigan Ready to Succeed Partnership Summary of Business Conducted and Recommendations
Prepared for House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Michigan Legislature and Michigan Family Independence Agency Prepared on behalf of Michigan Ready to Succeed Partnership Executive Summary Section 628 of Michigan Public Act 294 of 2000 (the Family Independence Agency budget bill) provided $100,000 to continue the exploration and development of a system of early childhood education, […]
Targeting Environmental Restoration in the Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern: 2001 Remedial Action Plan Update
Prepared for Great Lakes Commission On behalf of The Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed Executive Summary The Saginaw River and Bay were designated by the International Joint Commission (IJC) as one of the major pollution areas in the Great Lakes in 1973, a year after the first Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the […]
Investing in Affordable Housing in Michigan
Prepared for Community Economic Development Association of Michigan Executive Summary Even in the aftermath of the longest economic growth period in American history, the need for affordable housing remains acute. In a contracting economy, Michigan is faced with difficult choices in allocating scarce resources. This paper analyzes whether Michigan should invest public resources in affordable […]
Information Technology in Michigan Findings from the 2001 Cyberstate Survey
Prepared for Cyberstate.org Major Findings: Computer ownership is statistically unchanged from the 1999–2000 survey. Over one-half (53 percent) of all respondents in 2001 report having at least one home computer. The majority of respondents (61 percent) have at least one cellphone. The Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan has the lowest penetration (36 percent), and the […]