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          Government and Public Policy Team
             Land Use Planning and Zoning Services

July 2012

service area for Land Use educator questions

A. All of the Upper Peninsula	Brad Neumann, AICP email:neuman36@anr.msu.edu	Phone: 906-475-5731 MSU Extension, Marquette County 184 U.S.-41 East Negaunee, Michigan 49866
B. Northwest and West Central Lower Peninsula	Kurt H. Schindler, AICP email: schindl9@anr.msu.edu Schindler's Land Use Page	Phone 231-882-0026 MSU Extension, Benzie County 448 Court Place Beulah, Michigan 49601
B2. Newaygo County	Ryan Coffey email: coffeyry@msu.edu Newaygo County Land Use	Phone: 231-924-9677 MSU Extension, Newaygo County 817 South Stewart Avenue Fremont, Michigan 49412-7663
C. Northeast Lower Peninsula	Dean Solomon email: solomon@msu.edu	Phone: 231-582-6232 MSU Extension, Charlevoix County 319B North Lake Street Boyne City, Michigan 49712-1101
D. East Central Lower Peninsula	[Vacant]	North part temporary coverage by Dean Solomon (C). South part temporary coverage by Glenn Pape (F).
E. Southwest Lower Peninsula	Julie Pioch, PRP email: piochj@anr.msu.edu	Phone: 269-657-8213 MSU Extension, Van Buren County 219 E Paw Paw St. Suite 201 Paw Paw, Michigan 49079-1077
E2. Grand Rapids Area	[Vacant]	Temporary coverage by Julie Pioch (E)
E3. Montcalm County	[Vacant]	Temporary coverage by Kurt H. Schindler (B)
F. Southcentral Lower Peninsula	Glenn Pape email: papeglen@msu.edu The Weary Planner blog (Coverage shared with Richard Wooten)	Phone: 517-546-3950 (cell 517-974-8766) MSU Extension, Livingston County 2300 East Grand River -- Suite 111 Howell, Michigan 48843
G. Southeast Lower Peninsula	Richard Wooten, AICP email: wooten@msu.edu (Coverage shared with Glenn Pape)	Phone: 734-721-6576 MSU Extension, Wayne County 5454 Venoy Wayne, Michigan 48184
Firewise (forest fire, wild fire preventative measures)	Elaine Bush email: bushe@msu.edu	Phone 231-889-4277 MSU Extension, Manistee 8840 Chippewa Hwy. Bear Lake, Michigan 49614-9423
Firewise (forest fire, wild fire preventative measures)	Mike Schira email: schira@anr.msu.edu	Phone: 906-482-5830 MSU Extension, Houghton\Keweenaw 1500 Birch Street Hancock, Michigan 49930-1062

Download a small flyer about MSU Extension Land Use Education Services, and contact information for the people listed here.

Looking for someone else? Use this searchable database of all MSUE staff: http://people.msue.msu.edu/

To call, toll-free, any MSU Extension office in Michigan: 1-888-678-3464, then use your phone key pad to enter the first four letters of the county office you desire.

For a list of education programs and services click here.

If you do not see education programming desired here, contact your Land Use Educator, above. It is possible a program can be set up for your community.

Other Land Use Services and Links

Former MSU Land Use Area of Expertise Team web page (the new team membership and their web pages is listed above) Land Policy Institute MSU Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science

Citizen Planner Institute for Water Research at MSU

School of Planning, Design & Construction Planning and Zoning Center at MSU Michigan Natural Features Inventory

Department of Geography (college of Social Science) Wind Power web site

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