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Michigan Land Use Institute speakers discuss smart growth with Beaver Islanders on January 23, 2003

Also Michigan Land Use Institute Beaver Island January 23 2003 meeting · Keith Schneider Jim Lively

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Date2003-01-23
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Summary

On January 23, 2003, Michigan Land Use Institute founder Keith Schneider and planner Jim Lively met with Beaver Islanders, township officials, and residents. They discussed resource inventories, smart-growth planning, and examples of land-use advocacy, helping connect the Island’s planning conversations to a wider movement.

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The article records the meeting’s discussion and reception, not formal policy adoption or an organizational agreement.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Michigan Land Use Institute Meeting.”
    Reports Keith Schneider and Jim Lively speaking with Island members, township officials, and residents about smart growth, planning resources, sprawl, and examples of land-use advocacy. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the February 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan Land Use Institute speakers discuss smart growth with Beaver Islanders on January 23, 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-michigan-land-use-institute-january-23-2003-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2003, “Michigan Land Use Institute Meeting.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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