While you’re planning that new infrastructure you should also be budgeting to repair or replace it when it wears out.
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Ypsilanti Township’s master plan looks toward 2040 while not losing sight of its past.
Read MoreCongratulations to our client, the City of Plymouth and its downtown development authority. The conversion of a historic downtown post office into a boutique grocery store has earned them the 2018 Michigan Downtown Association award for Best Economic Development Project over $1 million.
Read MoreUse the stats and tools in this article to make your case for more sensible (lower) parking requirements in your community.
Read MoreFollowing up on last month’s guest column by Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim tells us what planners can do to anticipate and mitigate changes in the retail sector.
Read MoreCarlisle/Wortman's top 10 2017 blog posts: Signs, RTFA, fracking, economic development, invasive species, civic engagement and pocket parks.
Read MoreCarlisle/Wortman’s guest columnist, Ebenezer Scrooge, brings you the ghost of Christmas future, at least as it applies to the retail sector.
Read MoreAn entry from Carlisle/Wortman Associates' glossary of planning terms, provided free to all clients.
Read MoreIn a presentation to the Central Ohio APA, Carlisle/Wortman’s John Enos focused on tools that can make a downtown into a destination.
Read MoreThe American Planning Association offers principles for improving U.S. infrastructure. Michigan needs an extra $4 billion a year in infrastructure spending
Read MoreWhere there’s a will there’s a way, for Center Line, an inner ring suburb with a vision for its downtown.
Read MoreMichigan’s recreational facilities and tourism products are responding to some of the same demographics targeted by the state’s placemaking initiatives.
Read MoreWhat will stop sprawl? Changing tastes and demographic demand are pulling people, especially the young and old, back into close-in, urban centers says Dick Carlisle.
Read MoreCommunities may repurpose their recreation facilities or build new ones to host new competitive sports that grow the local economy. Consider, for example, “Ultimate.”
Read MoreCommunities of all shapes and sizes will benefit from the information in a free, 600-page placemaking guidebook from the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute.
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