Envision your community as a sit-able place as well as a walkable one and see what it does to your policies and plans.
Read MoreHere’s information about three SEMCOG workshops on green infrastructure plus an EPA summary of how to pay for it.
Read MoreCarlisle/Wortman Associates representatives have served on the Michigan Association of Planning board of directors almost continuously for 20 years.
Read MoreThis April 9, 2015 Detroit Free Press op/ed column by Carlisle/Wortman Associates President Dick Carlise tells readers to encourage their communities to plan for our aging population.
Read MoreAgencies throughout the state are capitalizing on the Great Lakes and Michigan’s waterways.
Read MorePlanning professionals and commissioners will appreciate this clear approach to reviewing a site plan. Best advice: Find a quiet place where you can spread out and work without interruptions.
Read MoreManaging and enforcing zoning should be the zoning administrator’s primary – or only – job.
Read MoreShort films will feature 15 businesses on Maple Road in Troy, Michigan February 4-May 15, 2015.
Read MoreCommunities use continuing services agreements with Carlisle/Wortman Associates to save time, access specialists’ knowledge and assure continuity.
Read MorePaul Montagno, AICP, has joined the staff of Carlisle/Wortman Associates as an associate planner.
Read More“We live in a world that actively discourages engagement.”a Canadian good-government advocate and self-described community choreographer.
Read MoreInstead of sending cards and gifts to clients during the holidays, Carlisle/Wortman Associates donates to charities in their communities.
Read MoreCarlisle/Wortman Associates created design guidelines to revitalize an older urban corridor, bringing building fronts to the street, encouraging mixed uses and improving all forms of transportation.
Read MoreThoughtful planners stayed on course over many years to bring a $6.3 million multi-modal transit center to Troy, Mich.
Read MoreThe City of Northville has contracted with Carlisle/Wortman Associates to oversee the city’s building department services.
Read MoreCarlisle/Wortman Associates promotes two associate planners to senior associates and hired two summer interns as full time staffers.
Read MoreThe population is aging, challenging communities to meet the changing needs of people 65 and up. Longtime planning consultant Dick Carlisle discusses the implications and offers some solutions.
Read MoreCitizens are concerned about fracking, but municipal leaders can’t do much to control it. This article provides an overall look at how oil and gas drilling and production are regulated in Michigan.
Read MoreThe state of Michigan is focusing on strategic placemaking, but there a two other approaches that may suit your community, says Land Policy Institute's Mark Wyckoff.
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