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Ypsilanti Township master plan honored by Michigan Association of Planning

Ypsilanti Township master plan honored by Michigan Association of Planning

Hundreds of participants from all quarters of diverse Ypsilanti Township shaped a master plan that will guide the community for the next 20 years.

Master plans, Public engagementOneMoreMinuteNovember 10, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, Michigan Association of Planning, Daniel Burnham Award, 2020

Dick Carlisle is named a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners

Dick Carlisle is named a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners

Carlisle/Wortman in th...Katherine HoxieApril 21, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan

Code Enforcement Services halts non-essential inspections

Code Enforcement Services halts non-essential inspections

Building Officials, Municipal ManagementKatherine HoxieMarch 25, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Code Enforcement Services, planning, planners, Michigan, building inspections, virtual building inspections

We’ll get through this together

We’ll get through this together

Municipal ManagementKatherine HoxieMarch 23, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Corona Virus, Covid 19, Dick Carlisle, Ben Carlisle, John Enos

Research, relationships and tenacity pay off in grants

Research, relationships and tenacity pay off in grants

Recreation planningKatherine HoxieMarch 19, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, MNRTF, City of Clarkston, Augusta Township, Ypsilanti Township, City of Milan, recreation plans, parks, trails

Macomb Township chooses CWA for continuing services

Macomb Township chooses CWA for continuing services

cwaplanJanuary 21, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Macomb Township, Highland Township, Superior Township, Ypsilanti Township, Scio Township, Brandon Township, Berkley, Dexter, Woodhaven, Ann Arbor Township, master plan, zoning ordinance, solar ordinance

Safe routes to school will span the five Grosse Pointes

Safe routes to school will span the five Grosse Pointes

Municipal Management, Placemaking, Public engagement, UrbancwaplanJanuary 21, 2020Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Safe Routes to School, Grosse Pointe Public School System, Michigan Fitness Foundation, Michigan State University School of Planning, Design and Construction

Success stories from 35 years of planning

Success stories from 35 years of planning

Michigan’s food councils report modest success in policy advocacy

Michigan’s food councils report modest success in policy advocacy

Carlisle/Wortman in th..., economic development, Rural/agriculturalcwaplanSeptember 24, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, food systems, food councils

New clients and projects

New clients and projects

building official, Master plans, Municipal Management, Recreation planningcwaplanJuly 3, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, master plan, parks and recreation plan, building official, Safe Routes to School, adaptive reuse

“It’s OK for blue to go green,” Chris Nordstrom tells kids

“It’s OK for blue to go green,” Chris Nordstrom tells kids

Municipal Management, Recreation planningcwaplanJune 25, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Oakland University, Water Festival, Chris Nordstrom, green infrastructure, Sustainability, sustainable planning

Wedding barns can keep small farms viable

Wedding barns can keep small farms viable

Code enforcement, economic development, Placemaking, Rural/agricultural, ZoningcwaplanJune 25, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, wedding barns, Michigan Association of Planning, rural development

Beyond the vision: planning for real infrastructure costs

Beyond the vision: planning for real infrastructure costs

While you’re planning that new infrastructure you should also be budgeting to repair or replace it when it wears out.

economic development, Master plans, Municipal ManagementcwaplanJune 4, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan, Paul Montagno, infrastructure, capital improvement plans, asset management plan

May is building code month

May is building code month

Code Enforcement Services administers and enforces state building codes to keep people safe, save energy and assure durability of homes and workplaces.

building official, Code enforcement, Municipal ManagementcwaplanMay 15, 2019Carlisle/Wortman Associates, planning, planners, Michigan

Water School: Essential resources for local officials

Water School: Essential resources for local officials

Carlisle/Wortman Assoc..., planners, planning, Recreation planningcwaplanApril 10, 2019Blue economy, blue infrastructure, Michigan State University, MSU Extension, Water School

New zoning allows side businesses that diversify farm income

New zoning allows side businesses that diversify farm income

Carlisle/Wortman Assoc..., Rural/agricultural, ZoningcwaplanMarch 21, 2019agricultural zoning, Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Michigan, planners, planning, Sharon Township

Office hours: It’s all about the customer

Office hours: It’s all about the customer

building official, Carlisle/Wortman Assoc..., Code enforcement, CWA People, economic development, John Enos, Municipal Management, planning, Public engagement, ZoningcwaplanMarch 21, 2019

Should you use national standards to plan your parks?

Should you use national standards to plan your parks?

Carlisle/Wortman Assoc..., Michigan, Municipal Management, planners, planning, Public engagement, Recreation planning, Rural/agricultural, UrbancwaplanJanuary 21, 2019National Recreation and Parks Association, NRPA, TPL, Trust for Public Land

Here are the 10 most-viewed stories from our 2018 blog

Here are the 10 most-viewed stories from our 2018 blog

The Carlisle/Wortman blog has shared planning information and ideas since 2010. The top stories from 2018 include some new content plus our greatest hits.

Carlisle/Wortman Assoc..., Clients in the news, Code enforcement, Master plans, Municipal Management, Our staff, Placemaking, planners, planning, Public engagement, Recreation planningcwaplanJanuary 14, 2019

Four-day charrette sets the stage for Ypsilanti Township’s master plan

Ypsilanti Township’s master plan looks toward 2040 while not losing sight of its past.

economic development, Master plans, Placemaking, Public engagementcwaplanJanuary 7, 2019American Center for Mobility, ben Carlisle, Carlisle Wortman Associates, charrette, Chris Nordstrom, Gault Village, master plan, Megan Masson-Minock, Michigan, planners, planning, Tyler Lasser, Ypsilanti Township