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Michigan Prosperity Agenda: Embracing green technology in neighborhood revitalization

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 since 2010.

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 show’s topics center around the concept of placemaking. To learn more about placemaking go to Dan’s blog: The Economics of Place, the state'snew placemaking resources website, Miplace.org and check out our book, The Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around People, available on Amazon.com.

OUR NEXT SHOW airs at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 on News/Talk 760 WJR, but you can listen now by clicking the links below. We’ll discuss Michigan’s efforts to embrace green technology as cities across our state seek to revitalize neighborhoods hit hard by the foreclosure crisis.

View past radio shows here.

Listen to the full show: (37:51)

	Dan Gilmartin Dan Gilmartin, executive director and CEO of the Michigan Municipal League. Listen: (1:01)
	Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey, Co-host Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey is the Regional Editor for about a dozen Pat.com sites in Michigan. She grew up in Detroit and is a Michigan State University graduate. She came to Patch from Model D, an online magazine about Detroit, where she was founding managing editor. She discusses green initiatives she has covered in Michigan. Listen: 6:39)
	Edwin Harlin Edwin Harlin is the Director of the Southeast Michigan Division for the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority (MSHDA). He discusses MSHDA’s work developing new affordable housing that is using some of the best green building techniques in the United States. Listen: (9:10)
	Jacob Corvidae Jacob Corvidae is the Green Programs Manager at WARM Training Center, a 30 year old Detroit-based nonprofit that creates opportunities to learn and practice the sustainable use of energy and resources. He discusses the state-of-the-art home energy assessment program called Better Buildings for Michigan. Listen: (11:02)
	Dave Norwood Dave Norwood is the Sustainability Coordinator for the city of Dearborn. He will talk about the Michigan Municipal League’s Michigan Green Communities Program and how it is making communities better places to live. Listen: (9:59)