http://letssavemichigan.com en Copyright 2012 2012-01-27T15:11:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leading-with-vision/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/leading-with-vision/ Model D explores how visionary urban leadership across the country and around the world can have a positive impact on cities. In the first of a series of interviews with mayors and other leaders who have made transformative change, Model D talks to Enrique Penalosa, mayor of Bogota, Colombia from 1998 to 2001. 2012-01-27T14:11:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/forward-motion-in-2012/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/forward-motion-in-2012/ The Rapid, the authority that provides a variety of public transportation services for the Grand Rapids metro area and beyond, grows its services. 2012-01-19T17:01:36+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/construction-on-amtrak-project-to-begin-this-summer/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/construction-on-amtrak-project-to-begin-this-summer/ Construction on an Amtrak project is likely to begin this summer and continue for 3 or 4 years. 2011-12-09T13:00:58+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/its-all-about-the-place/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/its-all-about-the-place/ What's working in cities? Placemaking. 2011-12-06T14:43:35+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/death-of-the-fringe-suburb/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/death-of-the-fringe-suburb/ This NYTimes op-ed talks about how there has been a "profound structural shift - a reversal of what took place in the 1950s, when drivable suburbs boomed and flourished as center cities emptied and withered." 2011-12-02T14:22:13+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-must-build-it-so-they-come/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-must-build-it-so-they-come/ Michigan Municipal League's book "The Economics of Place" gets praise. Read what Detroit Free Press columnist Ron Dzwonkowski says about it. 2011-11-22T12:15:10+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/creating-a-knowledge-based-economy/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/creating-a-knowledge-based-economy/ Earlier this week, 1290 WLBY talked to Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future Inc., about creating a knowledge-based economy in Michigan. Read the Q&A here. 2011-11-03T11:58:47+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-rail-summit-held-yesterday-in-lansing/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-rail-summit-held-yesterday-in-lansing/ Yesterday's Michigan Rail Summit focused on initiatives to help move Michigan toward a prosperous future. 2011-11-01T16:28:48+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-message-on-transportation/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-message-on-transportation/ Governor Snyder is providing his vision today for revamping our transportation and infrastructure systems. Will you be watching? 2011-10-26T13:18:17+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cute-kids-love-regional-transit/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cute-kids-love-regional-transit/ An RTA is an obvious, critical solution to southeast Michigan's transit woes. These kids understand that (also, they are really adorable). 2011-10-26T12:43:49+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/adventures-in-detroit-transit/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/adventures-in-detroit-transit/ Caught on film: one looooong trip from Detroit to a neighboring city. 2011-10-19T16:10:17+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-protect-high-speed-and-intercity-passenger-rail-funding/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-protect-high-speed-and-intercity-passenger-rail-funding/ We need your help to send a message to Washington that Americans need and want a stronger national passenger rail system. The deadline to sign the letter is October 21, act now! 2011-10-19T11:12:28+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-for-top-100-public-spaces-in-u.s.-and-canada/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/vote-for-top-100-public-spaces-in-u.s.-and-canada/ Campus Martius Park in Detroit is at the top of the list for the top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada. Hurry! Get your votes in before October 15! 2011-10-13T18:48:26+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-transportation-odyssey/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-transportation-odyssey/ How many buses and trains does it take to get from Detroit Metro to Traverse City? 2011-09-29T16:22:43+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/first-twitter-talk-event-reaches-over-75000-people/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/first-twitter-talk-event-reaches-over-75000-people/ LSM and the League's Transportation "Twitter Talk" took place on Sept. 13, reaching over 75,000 people via Twitter. 2011-09-15T16:25:30+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/we-asked-you-answered/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/we-asked-you-answered/ This summer we've been collecting your transportation stories--what works, and what doesn't, in Michigan's current transportation system. 2011-09-13T01:12:48+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-us-take-on-blight/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/help-us-take-on-blight/ We're looking for a part-time fellow with an interest in public policy and law to help us develop innovative nuisance abatement policy. 2011-08-15T19:26:17+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/complete-the-complete-streets-movement-in-michigan/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/complete-the-complete-streets-movement-in-michigan/ Every Michigander deserves safe transportation options--whether that's in a car, a bus, or by bike or foot. We've made a lot of progress towards complete streets--but there's work left to do. 2011-08-11T17:11:15+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/meet-lsms-project-coordinator/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/meet-lsms-project-coordinator/ An introduction to Sarah Szurpicki, the new Project Coordinator for Let's Save Michigan. 2011-08-11T13:33:52+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/traverse-city-joins-the-lip-dub-craze/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/traverse-city-joins-the-lip-dub-craze/ Traverse City created a lip dub music video modeled on Grand Rapids' hit YouTube video that set world records earlier this summer. The video uses Paul Simon and Van Halen tunes to sing out the praises of another beautiful Michigan community, and its annual film festival. 2011-08-01T12:53:52+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/great-lakes-state-needs-great-options/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/great-lakes-state-needs-great-options/ Let's Save Michigan hit the streets to talk to Michiganders about what a new transportation system could mean for them. 2011-07-28T12:54:32+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-first-major-speech-on-immigration-and-michigan/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/governor-snyders-first-major-speech-on-immigration-and-michigan/ A free statewide conference on the role of immigrants and immigration in Michigan is being held in Detroit with the featured speaker being Governor Snyder. 2011-07-08T13:33:07+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/a-giant-candy-store/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/a-giant-candy-store/ Young entrepreneurs are loving Detroit--and starting businesses there. 2011-07-06T12:49:35+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/celebrate-the-fourth-on-a-bike/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/celebrate-the-fourth-on-a-bike/ Two new video odes to cycling in Michigan cities have us ringing our bike bells. 2011-07-01T18:44:35+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cool-factor-lures-young-artsy-with-detroits-gritty-urban-appeal/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/cool-factor-lures-young-artsy-with-detroits-gritty-urban-appeal/ Detroit has discovered its marketing niche: land of the young, daring and bohemian. 2011-07-01T11:41:46+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/woodward-light-rail-project-moves-ahead/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/woodward-light-rail-project-moves-ahead/ This Detroit Free Press article talks about how light rail in Detroit is taking a big step forward after the city and federal governments signed off on a final route. 2011-06-30T11:21:24+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/ecorse-wins-20000-grant-to-help-fund-envision-ecorse-project/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/ecorse-wins-20000-grant-to-help-fund-envision-ecorse-project/ Ecorse has obtained a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to help fund Envision Ecorse, an asset-centered community visioning project. 2011-06-21T11:37:26+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/join-the-webchat-mass-transit-in-metro-detroit/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/join-the-webchat-mass-transit-in-metro-detroit/ Join the webchat on Tuesday at noon as the latest hurdles for transit in metro Detroit are discussed. 2011-06-13T15:57:01+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-roads-repair-what-we-have/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/michigan-roads-repair-what-we-have/ New report applauds Michigan's focus on road repair vs. new road construction. But we still have a long ways to go... 2011-06-08T11:59:59+00:00 http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/sign-up-today-for-artserve-michigans-online-newsletter/ http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/sign-up-today-for-artserve-michigans-online-newsletter/ ArtServe Michigan, our partners in advocating for the assets that create more livable communities in Michigan, has just debuted a new online newsletter for all things arts and culture in Michigan. We recommend people sign up for it. 2011-06-03T12:44:56+00:00