Headlines: Saturday Evening Post

December 4, 2008, 9:42 am Live Blog: The Automakers PleadBy FLOYD NORRIS

Losing Youth, Growing Older

Young Professional Households

in Metro Chicago

Young Talent in the Great Lakes: How Michigan is Faring – July 2008 –

Michigan Future, Inc.

Young Professional Households

in Metro Minneapolis

Young Talent in the Great Lakes: How Michigan is Faring – July 2008 –

Michigan Future, Inc.

Young Professional Households

in Metro Detroit

Young Talent in the Great Lakes: How Michigan is Faring – July 2008 –

Michigan Future, Inc.

Foreclosures

- 23 Million

+ 40 Million

+ 15 Million

Attached Small Lot (7,000 sf less) Large Lot (over 7,000 sf)

Housing Demand Changing 2005 – 2030

Mill

ions

of

Uni

ts

Source: Metropolitan Inst. Virginian Tech.

Increased Housing/Transportation Costs

Michigan Rankings – January 2011

• Unemployment

• Real Gross Domestic Product

• Real Personal Income Per Capita

• Children Living in Poverty

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

• Violent crimes per 100,000

48th

49th

40th

38th

36th

39th

Graduation Rates

Michigan

2005: Only 27% of Michigan parents feel a college education is essential to their children’s success.

Source: EPIC-MRA Your Child Survey, April 2005.

The world has changed and we must change too. The world has changed and we must change too.

STRUCTURAL CHANGE

Headlines: Saturday Evening Post

The (Saturda

y Evening) Post1961

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”–- Winston Churchill

Neighborhoods, cities and regions are awakening to the importance of ― place in economic development. They are planning for a future that recognizes the critical importance of quality of life to attractingtalent, entrepreneurship and encouraging local businesses. Competing for success in a global marketplace means creating places where workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses want to locate, invest and expand.

This work has been described as a ―sense of place, or place-based economic development, or simply ― placemaking. Economic development and community development are two sides of the same coin. A community without place amenities will have a difficult time attracting and retaining talented workers and entrepreneurs, or being attractive to business.

A Special Message from Governor Rick Snyder:

Community Development and Local Government Reforms to the Legislature on March 21, 2011

MI-Place Partnership Initiative• Placemaking Economic Development

• Centers-Nodes-Corridors

• Michigan Municipalities

• Globally Competitive

• Talent Retention and Attraction

• Cultural Transformation

MI-Place Partnership Initiative

• The goal of The MI-Place Partnership Initiative is to create more jobs, raise incomes and thereby restore prosperity in Michigan at least in part, through targeted local and regional placemaking activities.

MI-Place Partnership Initiative• Toolkits

• Education/training

• Regional and local strategic action plans

• State technical assistance - Consultancy

• Local project action plans

• Measurements of progress and outcomes

Curriculum

• Organization Structure

• Research - Science

• Foundation

• Courses

• Setting stage for cultural change

• Policy change

1 2 3 4 5 6Basic

IntermediatePractitionerTeacher

Modules – Levels 1. People and Place

2. Economics of Place

3. Neighborhoods & Connections

4. Form Planning & Regulation

5. Public Involvement through Collaborative Design

6. Applied Placemaking

Moving Pieces

• Curriculum

• Engagement Strategy

• Current Education Resources/Trainings

• Clearing House

• State Field Staff Organization – Consultancy

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