[RP TownTalk] Kids planning communities

[Anne Blein-Zuk]

MICHIGAN U.P. PROGRAM ENCOURAGES KIDS TO PLAN COMMUNITIES 
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According to an Oct. 1st (Michigan Land Use Institute) Daily blog
article by Glenn Puit, "Big things are happening in a small office in
Houghton, Mich., on the campus of Michigan Technological University,
and they are affecting kids in classrooms across the state, as well as
citizen planners literally around the world. Joan Chadde wants to make
sure that, in the coming decades, Michigan's citizens can make
well-informed decisions about their communities' growth, land use,
environment. 
      "But Ms. Chadde is not
turning to local governments and officials to do that; instead, she's
turning to teachers and kids. Ms. Chadde and her colleagues at the
Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics, and
Environmental Education are providing teachers and students in schools
throughout the five western counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with
lessons on land use, energy, water quality, and community planning. The
goal, she said, is to help shape today's youth into tomorrow's
community leaders..."
      Source: http://tinyurl.com/3gccbv
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