Glenn Puit: Grand Visions, New Designs

May 17, 2009 | Housing, Resilient Communities

Seventeen years ago, some Grand Traverse-area residents launched a grassroots movement to better manage the area’s growth. They wanted to protect the area’s pristine environment, farmland, and uniqueness.

Glenn Puit: Larry Merrill, Townships, and The Grand Vision

Apr 28, 2009 | Resilient Communities

The Grand Vision has had more citizen involvement – over 15,000 residents – than any other planning process ever conducted in this region, and has engaged environmental groups, business leaders and civic organizations.

Glenn Puit: A Grand Vision for Kalkaska’s Success

Apr 20, 2009 | Resilient Communities

After almost 18 months of citizen workshops, interviews, surveys, and balloting involving more than 15,000 people, the Grand Vision is ready to roll out a 50-year development plan. And Mr. Shetler thinks implementing it is key to spurring Kalkaska’s turnaround.

Glenn Puit: Grand Vision’s Next Steps

Apr 9, 2009 | Resilient Communities

With the votes tallied and the surveys sifted, the results of the six-county, citizen-based Grand Vision land use and transportation study indicate that residents of Benzie County and the five other counties in the Grand Traverse region largely agree on how they’d like to see the region grow over the next 50 years.