Resources
Publications
Municipal Finance
Inner-Ring Suburbs / Metropolitan Regions
Land Use / Redevelopment
Environmental Protection
Marketing
Transportation
Joint Service Delivery / Intergovernmental Cooperation
Suburbs Alliance Publications
Databases
- The Equity Impact of Michigan Tax Incentives: Leveling or Tilting the Playing Field? (Laura A. Reese and Gary Sands, Wayne State University, 2007)
- Industrial Facilities Tax Abatements: Current Practices and Policy Recommendations (Michigan Land Policy Institute, 2007)
- Michigan's Fiscal Future: Long-term Analysis of Michigan's Economy and State Budget (Citizens Research Council, 2007)
- Implementing Tax Abatements n Michigan: A Study of Best Practices (Economic Development Quarterly, 2006)
- Governor's Task Force on Local Government Services and Fiscal Stability Final Report (2006) (PDF, 393 KB)
- Local Budget and Tax Policy in the U.S.: Perceptions of City Officials (National League of Cities) (PDF, 338 KB)
- System Failure: Michigan's Broken Municipal Finance Model. Full report (Michigan Municipal League) (PDF, 223 KB)
- System Failure: Michigan's Broken Municipal Finance Model. Executive summary (Michigan Municipal League) (PDF, 81.7KB)
- Fiscal Capacity of Southeast Michigan Communities: Taxable Value and Its Implications (SEMCOG) (PDF, 1.16 MB)
- The Misuse and Abuse of Special Assessments in Michigan (Citizens Research Council of Michigan) (PDF, 24.2 KB)
- Fiscal Distress Indicators: An Assessment of Current Michigan Law and Development of a New "Early-Warning" Scale for Michigan Localities (Michigan State University) (PDF, 655 KB)
Inner-Ring Suburbs / Metropolitan Regions
- New Housing, Income Inequality, and Distressed Metropolitan Areas (The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Program)
- The State of Organizing in Midwestern First Suburbs (PDF, 311 KB)
- One Fifth of the Nation: America's First Suburbs (The Brookings Institution) (PDF, 823 KB)
- Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding America's Older Core Cities (PolicyLink) (PDF, 6.93 MB)
- Unifying Voices, Confronting Challenges: A Resource Guide for Developing Regional Collaborations of First Tier Suburbs (National League of Cities, 2005) (PDF)
- The State of America's Cities 2005: The Annual Opinion Survey of Municipal Elected Officials (National League of Cities) (PDF, 240 KB)
- Michigan Metropatterns (PDF, 12.2 MB)
- A Resource Guide to First-Tier Suburb Coalitions (National League of Cities) (PDF, 288 KB)
- Valuing America's First Suburbs: A Policy Agenda for Older Suburbs in the Midwest (The Brookings Institution) (PDF, 4.57 MB)
- Suburban Decline: The Next Urban Crisis (PDF, 795 KB)
- Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitilizing America's Older Industrial Cities (The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, 2007)
- State of Michigan Cities: An Index of Urban Prosperity (Michigan Higher Education Land Policy Consortium, 2007)
- Smart Growth Codes Makeover: Lessons for Making the Transition (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 208 KB)
- This is Smart Growth (PDF, 5.2 MB)
- Redevelopment Ready Communities 2006 Best Practices (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 658 KB)
- MSHDA Committee on Land Use and Affordable Housing Final Recommendations (2006) (PDF, 183 KB)
- MSHDA Committee on Land Use and Affordable Housing Initial Recommendations (2006) (PDF, 39.6 KB)
- Michigan Land Use Leadership Council Recommendations (2003) (PDF, 582 KB)
- Growing Cooler: Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change-Executive Summary (Urban Land Institute, Smart Growth America, Center for Clean Air Policy, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education) (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Innovative Strategies for NPDES Phase II Stormwater Management in Michigan (Michigan Environmental Council) (PDF, 7.22 KB)
- Urban Environmental Accords (2005)(PDF, 2.57 KB)
- Four Ideas for the Next Four Years: A Blueprint for Environmental Stewardship (Progressive Policy Institute) (PDF, 240 KB)
- How to Market Your City (NLC, 3 CMA ) (PDF, 1.18 MB)
- Using TOD to Create Economic Vibrancy in Neighborhoods (Michigan Environmental Council, Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 132KB)
- Community, Character and Cash: How You Can Reform Transportation with Context Sensitive Solutions (Michigan Environmental Council) (PDF, 8.74KB)
- Ann Arbor-Downtown Detroit Transit Study: Detailed Definition of Alternatives (SEMCOG) (PDF, 3.71MB)
Joint Service Delivery/Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Selling Stakeholders on Interlocal Cooperation (Michigan Government Finance Officers Association) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Model ROI Template for Collaborative Partnerships (Michigan Government Finance Officers Association)
- Justifying Interlocal Cooperation (Michigan Government Finance Officers Association)
- Fire Service Collaboration How-To Manual (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 1.38 MB)
- Police Service Collaboration How-To Manual (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 1.18 MB)
- The Business Case for Interlocal Cooperation (The Michigan Government Finance Officers Association) (PDF, 213 KB)
- A Brief Primer on Regional Collaboration (Centers for Regional Excellence Program)(PDF, 28.3 KB)
- Catalog of Local Government Services in Michigan (Citizens Research Council of Michigan )(PDF, 59.6 KB)
- Buying and Selling Fire Protection (Michigan State University) (PDF, 82.2 KB)
- Making Joint Public Services Work in the 21st Century/ Intergovernmental Cooperation: Case Studies in Southeast Michigan (SEMCOG) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Making Joint Public Services Work in the 21st Century/Financing Joint Public Ventures: Alternatives and Consequences (SEMCOG) (PDF, 502 KB)
- Making Joint Public Services Work in the 21st Century/ Intergovernmental Cooperation: Strategies for Overcoming Political Barriers (SEMCOG) (PDF, 485 KB)
- Making Joint Public Services Work in the 21st Century/Intergovernmental Collaboration: A Background Paper (SEMCOG) (PDF, 96.8 KB)
- Award Winning Joint Projects 2002 (SEMCOG) (PDF, 81.8 KB)
- Award Winning Joint Projects 2001 (SEMCOG) (PDF, 53.7 KB)
- Award Winning Joint Projects 2000 (SEMCOG) (PDF, 96.8 KB)
- LUST Idea Book: Mayors and Managers Policy Forum
- Annual Report 2006-2007 (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- In the Ring
- The Suburban Hubbub
- Fire Service Collaboration How-To Manual (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 1.38 MB)
- Police Service Collaboration How-To Manual (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 1.18 MB)
- Redevelopment Ready Communities 2006 Best Practices (Michigan Suburbs Alliance) (PDF, 658 KB)
- Joint Public Services information page (SEMCOG)
- Joint Public Services database (SEMCOG)
- Catalog of Local Government Services database (Citizens Research Council of Michigan)
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