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Regional Land Use/Policy Educators Contacts

Map of Regional Land Use Educators - color coded to text list below

All of the Upper Peninsula	Dave Anderson email: ander510@msu.edu	Phone: 906-341-3688 MSU Extension, Schoolcraft County 300 Walnut St. Rm. 218 Manistique, Michigan 49854-1485
Northwest and West Central Lower Peninsula (including Charlevoix and Montcalm)	Kurt H. Schindler email: schindl9@msu.edu Schindler's Land Use Page	Phone 231-779-9480x2 MSU Extension, Wexford County 401 N. Lake Street –Suite 400 Cadillac, Michigan 49601
Charlevoix County	Dean Solomon email: solomon@msu.edu Planners Moments	Phone: 231-582-6232 MSU Extension, Charlevoix County 319B North Lake Street Boyne City, Michigan 49712-1101
Montcalm County	Don Smucker email: smuckerd@msu.edu	Phone: 989-831-7500 MSU Extension, Montcalm County 211 W. Main Street, PO Box 308 Stanton, Michigan 48888-0308
Northeast and East Central Lower Peninsula	Mary Ann Heidemann email: heidema9@msu.edu	Phone: 989-354-9870 MSU Extension, Alpena County 603 South 11th Avenue Alpena, Michigan 49707-2645
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
Kent County (and a small amount of time in other area counties such as Allegan and Ionia)	Kendra Wills email: willsk@msu.edu	Phone: 616-336-3265 MSU Extension, Kent County 775 Ball Ave. NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
St. Joseph County (and a small amount of time in SW Lower Peninsula)	Brad Neumann email: neuman36@msu.edu St. Joseph County Land Use page	Phone: 269-467-5511 MSU Extension, St. Joseph County 612 E. Main St Centreville, Michigan 49032
Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties (and a small amount of time in Clinton, Shiawassee, Eaton, Ingham, and Jackson)	Jasneet Sharma email: sharmaj@msu.edu Sharma's Land Use Page	Phone: 517-264-5300 MSU Extension, Lenawee County 1040 South Winter St. Suite 2020 Adrian, Michigan 49221-3867
Southeast Lower Peninsula	Glenn Pape email: papeglen@msu.edu The Weary Planner blog	Phone: 810-667-0341 MSU Extension, Lapeer County 287 W. Nepessing St, Suite 1 Lapeer, Michigan 48446-2104

List of all full members of the MSU Land Use Team click here.

For a brochure on the Regional Land Use/Policy Educators click here.

For a list of education programs and services click here.

If you do not see education programming desired here, contact your local County Extension Director. It is very possible we can create a new program which meets your specific needs.

Land Use Team Co- chairs:

Kurt H. Schindler, Regional Land Use Educator,| MSU Extension, Wexford County; 401 N. Lake Street, Cadillac, Michigan 49601 | (231)779-9480 |schindl9@msu.edu | fax(231)779-9105 | Map to office
Wayne Beyea, J.D., AICP, Associate Director, Citizen Planner | Land Policy Institute, 1405 South Harrison Road, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 | (517)432-8800 | beyea@msu.edu | fax (517)432-8769

Other Land Use Services and Links

MSU Land Use Team 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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MSU Land Use Team:

Co- chairs:

Kurt H. Schindler, Regional Land Use Educator,| MSU Extension, Wexford County; 401 N. Lake Street, Cadillac, Michigan 49601 | (231)779-9480 |schindl9@msu.edu | fax(231)779-9105 | Map to office
Wayne Beyea, J.D., AICP, Associate Director, Citizen Planner | Land Policy Institute, 1405 South Harrison Road, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 | (517)432-8800 | beyea@msu.edu | fax (517)432-8769
List of full members

Michigan State University Land Use Planning and Zoning Services October 20, 2009

Michigan State University Land Use Planning and Zoning Services
October 20, 2009