2009-2010 Annual Report - Great Lakes Leadership Academy ...
2009-2010 Annual Report - Great Lakes Leadership Academy ...
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Land Use Team<br />
Cooperative Regional<br />
Planning<br />
The land use team began with the premise that<br />
“we are not as strong individually as we are as<br />
a group.” The team learned the same is true for<br />
adjacent communities operating independently<br />
from each other trying to survive difficult<br />
economic times and achieve sustainability.<br />
There is a history of successes and failures<br />
when it comes to cooperative regional planning<br />
in Michigan. The team sought understanding<br />
of why some attempts at regional planning<br />
have succeeded and others failed and what the<br />
challenges are that must be overcome to be<br />
successful. They asked whether cooperative<br />
regional planning is a key to developing<br />
economic, social and environmentally sustainable<br />
communities.<br />
Land Use Issues Team: (L toR) Ponsella Hardaway, Roger Veliquette, Sara Pearson, Jim Bowes, Lisa Oliver-King,<br />
Steve Debrabander, Coach Brenda Alston-Mills. Not pictured — Kelly Leach.<br />
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The session led by the land use team provided<br />
opportunity to discuss the challenges facing<br />
cooperative regional planning initiatives, to hear<br />
from experts currently working in and developing<br />
cooperative regional plans across the state and<br />
to engage in a community mapping exercise. The<br />
land use team challenged the cohort to continue<br />
exploration of and become engaged in their own<br />
community’s planning efforts.
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