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Michigan Prosperity Agenda: League releasing a book emphasizing quality of place to Michigan’s economic prosperity

Program Explores How to Make a Better Michigan

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The Michigan Prosperity Agenda is a monthly radio show that challenges listeners to help make Michigan a better place to live, work and play by creating vibrant and prosperous local communities. It has aired on News/Talk 760 WJR at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month throughout 2010 and will continue through 2011.
The hour-long radio program is hosted by Dan Gilmartin, CEO of the Michigan Municipal League (the League). The show is sponsored by the League and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA).

THE LAST SHOW aired Aug. 24 on News/Talk 760 WJR. We spoke with experts who authored chapters in the League’s soon-to-be-released book “The Economics of Place – The Value of Building Communities Around People.” View past radio shows here.

Listen to the full show. Length: 37:50

	Dan Gilmartin Dan Gilmartin, executive director and CEO of the Michigan Municipal League. Audio (length: 1:08 minutes). Dan introduces the new book "Economics of Place" by the Michigan Municipal League.
	Co-host Stephen Henderson Stephen Henderson is the editorial page editor for the Detroit Free Press. He offers his thoughts on the future of Detroit and southeast Michigan and positive projects happening in the city and the region. Audio (length: 6:55 minutes). Stephen Henderson discusses a tale of two Detroits, and how much progress has been made, but there's still a long way to go.
	Dan Burden Dan Burden, executive director and co-founder of The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, is an internationally recognized authority on livable and sustainable communities, healthy streets, traffic calming, and bicycle and pedestrian programs. Burden has more than 35-years experience creating livable communities and has worked with 3,000 different communities to help them reach their goals. He will discuss the unique nature of place making in Michigan. Audio (length: 9:26 minutes). Dan Burden says communities should be built around people not cars, and lists some Michigan cities doing it right such as Ann Arbor and Traverse City.
	Joe VanderMeulen Joe VanderMeulen is the executive director of the Land Information Access Association (LIAA), a non-profit community service organization located in Traverse City. LIAA was formed 18 years ago to increase civic engagement in community development and resource management through professional planning practices and the application of advanced information technologies. He will discuss Michigan’s slow reaction to changes in the global economy. Audio (length: 9:49 minutes). Joe Vandermeulen says civic engagement is more than going to the ballot box and voting.
	Phil Cooley Phil Cooley is part owner of Slows Bar B Q and a general contractor with O’Connor Development. He services on the board of Architectural Salvage Warehouse Detroit, Greening of Detroit, Roosevelt Park Conservancy, Center for Community Based Enterprises and the Heidelberg Project. Cooley is also on the advisory board of ACLU of Southeastern Michigan and currently co-chairs the Mayor’s Advisory Task Force for the Detroit Works project. He will discuss his work in the city and his thoughts on Detroit as a blank canvas where entrepreneurs have opportunities not offered anywhere else in the world. Audio (length: 9:33 minutes). Phil Cooley explains that Detroit is a blank canvas with unlimited possibilities.