MAP: Making Great Communities Happen

The Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) is a 501 c 3 organization, dedicated to promoting sound community planning that benefits the residents of Michigan.

Elections for four open seats on the MAP Board of Directors will be held this fall, and elected and appointed local offcials in particular are encouraged to run. If you wish to be considered by the nomination committee, review the board member responsibilities and submit a one-page letter of interest and one-page biography care of Executive Director Andrea Brown. Learn more.

Partnerships for Change Service Grants Available to Communities

The Land Information Access Association (LIAA) announces the availability of over $150,000 in professional services and technical assistance grants through the Partnerships for Change (PfC) Sustainable Communities Program. These new service grants will be awarded to combinations of municipalities that have agreed to work together for productive changes in their shared communities. Learn more.

MAP Board Wants To Hear From You!

The MAP Board of Directors makes and adopts the land use and planning policy that guides the work of the organization. In an effort to understand how MAP policies are used and understood by community planners, and to help identify the themes and topics the board should take up in the future, the board is asking for input via a survey that can be accessed here. The survey is an element of the board's Membership Linkage Plan, a board strategy that strengthens the connection between the MAP Board and our members. Take the survey!

MAP Board Adopts Wind Energy Policy

Adopted January 26, 2009, MAP's Wind Energy Policy seeks to set the stage for local government response to an anticipated surge of interest in wind energy facility development. The policy defines the issues and provides direction for local government to make solid decisions about siting, maintenance and the economic benefits of wind energy. Learn more.

MAP seeks input on Right to Farm Act (RTFA) policy 

MAP Encourages Safe Routes to School

Safe Routes to School (SR2S) is an MDOT program created to encourage and enable children to walk or bike to school. MAP has been actively involved with SR2S for the last three years as we work toward the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of elementary schools. Learn more here.

Save Gas Money! MAP Workshops Come to You

Your community's planning officials don't have to spend money on gas to drive very far to attend MAP training programs. MAP's on-site workshop program brings the training to you. At an on-site workshop an instructor comes to your location, at a time and date convenient for your participants, and presents a comprehensive educational program, addressing the specific needs of your community. Click here to learn more about the program.

Thank you to our Corporate Members!

The MAP Corporate Membership provides an opportunity for members to further the association’s mission, and provides recognition to the corporate member who says: I want MAP to be more involved, I want MAP to have a louder voice. Click here to view MAP's current Corporate Members and learn how your company can join at this membership level.