Despite occupying just 12% of U.S. land mass, the nation’s 100 largest metro areas account for 65% of its people and 75% of its economic output. They hold the keys to America’s future prosperity.

Remember – this Monday, March 3, Congresswoman Carolyn C. Kilpatrick will host a summit on Mass Transit in greater Detroit that you won’t want to miss. Moderated by Chuck Stokes, host of “Spotlight on the News”, it will feature experts who have operated systems in Charlotte, Denver and Houston and discussion of hot transit topics

The Michigan Suburbs Alliance presents the 2008 Regional Redevelopment Summit – a convening of the region’s development innovators. On Friday, March 7 from 8am to 3:15pm at the MGM Grand Detroit. Join Southeast Michigan’s leading voices on urban redevelopment for the one-day Regional Redevelopment Summit! Now in its fourth year, the Summit is a key

Michigan NOW is a Michigan-based radio journalism project exploring our state through the stories of Michigan people in their own words. Michigan NOW focuses on land use throughout Michigan’s cities and towns, in settings rural, urban and in between. Reporter Chris McClarus recently did a series of stories on transit throughout Michigan, including Grand Rapids

Crain’s Detroit Business headlined an exciting story this morning: "Details are beginning to emerge about a privately funded plan to build a $103 million light-rail commuter loop along 3.4 miles of Woodward Avenue in Detroit from Hart Plaza to Grand Boulevard. . . . Detroit Regional Mass Transit, run by John Hertel, is serving as