September 1, 2008 – 4:02 pm
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Six counties look ahead to "The Grand Vision Decision" in October
(Traverse City, Michigan) - "We've seen more people turn out for The Grand Vision in northern Michigan than in other areas of the country that have ten times the population," said John Fregonese, the nationally-recognized Scenario Planning Specialist based in Oregon whose firm conducted the [...]
This photo (Tweddle Barn by Jimflix) appears on our Resources page. It's one of many that have been added to The Grand Vision group on the photo sharing site Flickr.
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The Grand Vision Scorecard is the focal point of the Grand Vision Decision, a concentrated three-week long public participation process seeking more than 15,000 citizen responses to select a final Grand Vision growth strategy for the region.
The Scorecard will present four alternative growth strategies, along with detailed information about the costs and benefits of each. [...]
Grand Vision Update Spring 2008 Adobe PDF
LINKS TO THE MAPS ARE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!
(Traverse City, Michigan) - Over 350 people participated last week at the Kalkaska and Leelanau county workshops conducted as part of the expanded scope of The Grand Vision. Later this month, three more citizen workshops will be conducted in Antrim (May 27), Benzie (May 28) and Wexford [...]
County residents generally agree that future housing development should center around existing villages, while preservation of natural and agricultural areas and public transportation improvements are also top priorities. Those ideas were echoed by hundreds of area residents attending a Grand Vision workshop in Suttons Bay Thursday.
Leelanau was the second of Grand Traverse County's five neighboring [...]
The maps generated by workshop participants at the Kalkaska workshop are posted here.
Kalkaska County Workshop Maps (view slideshow)
The maps generated by the Leelanau workshop participants are posted here. The powerpoint presentation for the workshop is also posted here.
Leelanau County Workshop Maps (view slideshow)
(Traverse City, Michigan) - The Grand Vision has now finalized its schedule of citizen workshops for Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford Counties.
The workshops, which will supplement the work done by about 1,500 participants at previous workshops in Grand Traverse County, offer local residents the chance to mark-up maps and show how they would like [...]
