Discovering and applying new and innovative economic development tools, models, policies, and programs
Creating Jobs and Wealth in Distressed Michigan Communities
Student-Led, Faculty-Guided Project - 2025
Authors: Nicolas Ceme-PreFontaine, Allyson Smolarek, Robert Foster, Alexander Hill, Charles Matthews, Evan Willey
The City of Sterling Heights is seeking a corridor study document that reviews the existing conditions and provides data for the Office of Planning including the type of businesses, amount of residential units, traffic counts, and other conditions that can be evaluated by the Office for working with future developers. This will include numerical data, empirical data, maps, and other unique types of data gathering the students will have freedom to explore. There is the opportunity to meet with community members, appointed or elected officials, and City staff to accomplish their goals. Ideally, the students will have the opportunity to present at a Planning Commission meeting and to City Staff so that this can be used as a planning tool moving forward.