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Issue 11, March 2000
Cover Report
BREAKING THE SPRAWL ADDICTION: A TWELVE STEP PROGRAM

Your Tax Dollars at Work
Working Together Makes Sense
Planning to Sprawl
Holding Out for the Family Farm
Why Franchises Rule the Road
Resources


Feature
WAYS TO GROW WITHOUT SPRAWL

Books and Resources


Projects
LAND STEWARDSHIP
Capitol Report: Lethargy in Lansing


GREAT LAKES SHORELINE
Project to Protect Michigan's Coast

Project Focus


TRANSPORTATION
Aboard the Rubber-Tire Railroad

New Fact Sheets Tell How to Get Back on Track


PUBLIC TRUST ALLIANCE
Big Stink: State's Voluntary Approach to Mega Manure Leaves Local Governments Helpless

Take Action

Departments
FROM THE FIELD
LETTERS TO THE INSTITUTE
DISPATCHES
MEMBER SNAPSHOT: Living Simply Means Living Fully


AT THE INSTITUTE
New Board Members Bring Experience, Vision * Calling All Members * Memorials
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOB SUTHERLAND
Chair

DEBORAH J. ROHE
Secretary

RICHARD J. HITCHINGHAM
Treasurer

JON ARMSTRONG
THOMAS CARR
PRESTON V. DILTS, JR., M.D.
RALPH GRAHAM
HELEN MILLIKEN
ROBERTOTWELL
VIRGINIAB. PIERCE
KEITH SCHNEIDER
HOWARD A. TANNER
KAREN WILLARD
WILLARD WOLFE
TIMOTHY YOUNG

GENERALCOUNSEL
JAMES M. OLSON
JOHN D. NOONAN

mission
The Great Lakes Bulletinoffers in-depth reporting and reasoned analysis about Michigan's land use issues to inspire citizens to become more involved in designing their own communities. It is published by the Michigan Land Use Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that conducts research and works with policy makers and citizens to help foster a new approach to economic development that respects the land, the community that inhabits the land, and the inherent process of change.

Cover photograph © 2000 byPatrick Owen Farm for salenear the proposed Traverse City bypass, Garfield Township.
Publication of the Great Lakes Bulletin is supported by grants from the Frey Foundation, the Alpern Foundation, the Borwell Charitable Foundation, the Wege Foundation, and the Michigan Environmental Council. Opinions: Guest articles and letters represent the positions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Michigan Land Use Institute. Membership: Basic membership in the Michigan Land Use Institute is $25 per year. Membership options also are available for low-income households. A subscription to the Great Lakes Bulletin is included as a benefit of membership. Articles & Letters: Submissions are welcome and may be excerpted due to space limitations. Corrections: The Great Lakes Bulletin strives to maintain the highest journalistic standards and every effort is made to ensure accuracy. Readers are encouraged to bring any errors of fact to our attention. Corrections will be published in the following issue. Reprints: Copyright © 2000.All rights reserved. Please contact the Michigan Land Use Institute for permission to reprint or otherwise distribute articles, in full or in part, from this magazine.
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