Modular Housing – Really?!
League staff have recently helped educate legislators on the need to reinstate Michigan's historic tax credit, which could have broad applications for multi-unit rental housing in historic buildings, upper story residential in downtown cores, [...]
Kalamazoo’s neighborhood zoning repairs make the code conform to the context
Last month Kalamazoo's City Commission cut down their lot size requirements in several residential areas. Notably, these amendments weren't done in the name of permitting anything "new" in those neighborhoods—but to support and reinforce [...]
Why is it So Damn Expensive to Build?
Okay, you're right. It costs the earth to build new in Michigan or do a significant rehab. But don't immediately rush to load up the U-Haul and venture off to cheaper climes. All is [...]
Michigan Municipal League’s Review Magazine Honored in Diamond Award Program
The Michigan Municipal League received a statewide honor recently for The Review magazine, which focuses on placemaking activities and programs of League member communities as well as other topics. The League received a Gold [...]
The High Costs of New Construction
We at the Civic Labs have been talking for some time now about how Michigan needs more housing. Or rather, that we have an abundance of single family housing choices across the broad geographies [...]
Let’s fix the damn roads for ALL the damn modes.
Michigan's roads took center stage (as if they ever leave it?) in this past November's election, as now-Governor Gretchen Whitmer's "Fix the damn roads," slogan struck an obvious chord. While the need for pavement [...]
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