Leaders and experts gathered at the Michigan Land and Prosperity Summit to discuss ways to engage and invest in the future by making Michigan a vibrant place to live.
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The “new economy” seems still beyond the horizon as Michigan continues to haul the weight of its “old economy” manufacturing legacy into a worldwide economic headwind.
But federal economic stimulus money presents a rare opportunity for Michigan communities to begin to reinvent themselves, according to Michigan State University researchers.
“We cannot continue to look backward to solutions that might have worked in the past but no longer work today in the new global economy,” said MSU Land Policy Institute Director Soji Adelaja. “The leaders and experts at this summit are looking forward. In that direction lie the answers not only to Michigan’s recovery, but to its prosperity in the new economy.”
Land policy is intimately connected to prosperity in the emerging economy, Adelaja said, as money follows populations seeking a higher quality of life.
“Every place doesn’t have everything,” said Adelaja, who is MSU John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy. “But virtually every place has something that can appeal to certain segments of the population and create prosperity for communities.”
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