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SEMCOG recently overhauled their website, now providing easier access to their extensive maps, data and other information.  It includes transportation, environmental, demographic and other maps.  Data is available for each community in the seven county region on: People – Population trends, household types, age groups, race, ethnicity, and education levels. Economy and Jobs – Jobs […]

SEMCOG recently overhauled their website, now providing easier access to their extensive maps, data and other information.  It includes transportation, environmental, demographic and other maps.  Data is available for each community in the seven county region on: People – Population trends, household types, age groups, race, ethnicity, and education levels. Economy and Jobs – Jobs

As reported in Crain’s, a new report out this week details the importance of attracting college-educated people, if the state is to grow and succeed: "If you look at the places across the country that are doing well economically … they have high concentrations of talent," Lou Glazer said.  To attract talent, Glazer and Michigan

As reported in an article in the Kalamazoo Gazette (pdf), Michigan Future member and former House Speaker Paul Hillegonds said that Michigan can’t tax-cut its way to prosperity: "In the past dozen years, state and local taxes have been reduced by what is now over $8 billion annually, moving Michigan to a tax burden below

Many families move to sprawled, automobile-dependent suburbs because they want a safe place to raise their children. They are mistaken. A smart growth community is actually a much safer and healthier place to live overall. According to the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, the top smart growth communities have about a quarter of the traffic fatality