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.
Jim Lively: Roll Out the Grand Vision!
On Tuesday May 19th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the State Theateryou can participate in an historic event: the rollout and celebration of “the final Grand Vision”-a citizen-certified plan for the next 50 years of growth in our six-county region. And the Michigan Land Use Institute is proud to report that it is truly Grand!
Glenn Puit: Larry Merrill, Townships, and The Grand Vision
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
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
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.
Leaders Planning for Food, Farming, and The Grand Vision
Leaders from across the Grand Traverse region gathered last month to start looking for ways to make sure that The Grand Vision-a six-county, 50-year, citizen-based growth plan-and one of the area’s top industries-farming-work well together to strengthen the local economy while preserving the region’s rural character.