Submitted by whitemice on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 06:58
UPDATE 2023-10-27: Due to the length of the meeting the discussion of the potential zoning reforms was postponed. What that means for any possibility of reforms which could assist the 2024 building season is not yet known.
UPDATE 2023-11-01: The discussion of the potential zoning reforms was moved from the end of this meeting to the beginning of 👉the 2023-11-09 meeting👈.
Submitted by whitemice on Sat, 10/14/2023 - 14:40
As you may already know Corewell Health constructed a new office facility in Monroe North between the Brassworks building and the Embassy Suites hotel. They also dropped ~900 additional parking spaces into the neighborhood - a neighborhood immediately adjacent to the city's commercial core and a neighborhood intended to be a hub for recreation and access to the river. Well, they've come back with phase 2.0 of their plan: it is surface parking lots everywhere. Corewell's intention is turn the entire center of Monroe North into an auto storage facility.
Submitted by whitemice on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 07:11
The Planning Commission's agenda for 2023-10-12 is 👉here👈.
Submitted by whitemice on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 13:10
You can explore the density, by Census Precinct, 👉here👈
Most of the land area of the city is in the 2,000 - 4,000 souls per square mile range. Of course many things can influence density; land can be used for a variety of useful purposes such as parks, industry, rail yards, and institutions such as schools. And land can be gobbled up by unproductive purposes like highways and country clubs.
Submitted by whitemice on Sat, 09/23/2023 - 08:40
UPDATE 2023-09-29: The conversation was interesting. 👉The meeting can be viewed on Youtube.👈. Text corresponding to these proposals are expected to come back to the Planning Commission in November. If the Planning Commissions supports that edition of the change text then the texts will go to the City Commission. The City Commission will hear them ... in December? ... then schedule a public hearing in ~30 days after hearing them.
Submitted by whitemice on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 06:29
A little known local transit detail is that the Rapid operates a set of route extensions during the GRPS school year. This includes routes #1 (Division/Madison), #4 (Eastern), #7 (West Leonard), #10 (Clyde Park), and #12 (West Fulton). These route extensions operate on weekdays in the ~7am and ~2pm hours.
Submitted by whitemice on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 07:28
The concept of the Senate, at least as implemented by the United States Constitution, is anti-democratic. In the state of Montana each senator represents ~500,000 people, in Michigan ~5,000,000 people, and in California ~19,500,000 people. A citizen of Montana has 39 times the representation of a citizen of California, and 10 times the representation of a citizen of Michigan.
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