Rural Resurrection

HGTV Renovate My Town!

Have you ever sat there watching an HGTV home renovation show and thought, “I can handle my house just fine, this WHOLE TOWN needs renovation!” Ok…most of you probably don’t… Read more »

Implementation Month: The Matrix

As you now know, Rural Resurrection has declared January as National Implementation Month. So let the festivities begin! But where do you start? Take that comprehensive plan down of the… Read more »

January is National Implementation Month

Back in October for National Planning Month I wrote an article entitled, “Implementation, the Lost Step in Comprehensive Planning“. This article delved into the fact that implementation is the most… Read more »

Top 8 Small Midwest Towns for Christmas

With the holiday season starting up a number of communities are kicking off their annual Christmas celebrations. There are a number of communities that do a great job to celebrate… Read more »

Michigan’s Innovative startupMICHIGAN.tech

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. – William Pollard… Read more »

What is Wintermission??

There’s a movement afoot. You can say it’s a Wintermission. What in the name of Kris Kringle is a Wintermission? Wintermission is a project “to combat social isolation and increase… Read more »

The Need for a Capital Improvement Plan

As discussed in the previous blog post, “Is Your Town “Ready” for Redevelopment?” the representatives of Michigan Economic Development Corporation had noted a significant number of smaller communities in rural… Read more »

5 Reasons to Update Your Zoning Ordinance

In relation to National Planning Month, let’s look at one of the implementation tools of your planning actions, the zoning ordinance. As I’ve stated with comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances are… Read more »

Implementation, the Lost Step in Comprehensive Planning

As the American Planning Association has proclaimed this is National Community Planning Month, it’s appropriate to talk about Comprehensive Plans, the long-range plans for a city. Providing a vision of… Read more »

October is National Community Planning Month

The month of October is National Community Planning Month. No, there’s not 31 days of planning gifts ranging from architectural scales to cohort survival calculation worksheets. There’s no Planning Fairy…. Read more »