E-M:/ Granholm's Smart Growth council

[Keith Schneider <keith@mlui.org>]

Gov. Granholm's Michigan Land Use Leadership Council meets for the first
time in Lansing on Monday. The Institute just posted its latest piece,
which describes the council as the most prominent state-sanctioned effort
in nearly three decades to solve sprawl. Moreover, the Institute's
reporting predicts that the council has a much greater chance for success
than the last attempt in the 1970s. The reason: Gov. Granholm and senior
Republican legislators say that a new design for growth is urgent, and
panel members interviewed by the Institute said they need each other to
get anything useful accomplished. Gov. Granholm is scheduled to
personally open the proceedings and charge the panel with its
mission.
See the article here:
http://www.mlui.org/growthmanagement/fullarticle.asp?fileid=16459

We are closely covering the council's work on our Web site and invite all
of you to keep a close watch on
www.mlui.org.
Thanks, Keith Schneider.