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Cities must take action to save themselves.
ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores resident Karl Schwarzwalder wanted to give back to the community, and he did that by helping to plan various events throughout the year.
Urban infrastructure choices, such as increased vegetation and solar-reflective building materials, can provide cooling to cities suffering with extreme heat.
Governor’s new Chief Growth Officer has a heavy task: Only Washington, D.C., has grown more slowly than Michigan
NOT THE GOAL: The teeming sidewalks and streets of New York and other major coastal cities may draw young people from Michigan now, but the state can reverse the trend if it shows its young people that pursuit of no limits is no path to freedom, writes Conor Dugan. (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) Michiganders lament the brain drain that sees some of our best and brightest young people fleeing the state for supposedly bigger and better things on the coasts and in major cities. I was one of those young people (though I am dubious as to whether my leaving caused much, if an...