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Mills surveys Michigan farmers, finds wind turbines have positive impact on landowners

Nov 17, 2016

Sarah Mills of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy surveyed more than 1,200 farm landowners throughout 14 townships in Michigan to find out how farmers are impacted by wind energy turbines on their land. Mills found landowners with wind...

Michigan News release: In climate policy, Americans want states to pick up federal slack

Fiscal Health in Rural Counties: A Case Study of Ogemaw County, MI

September 9, 2022

Stephanie Leiser, Maximilian Hill, Jankeesh Sandhu

This case study examines the fiscal health of Ogemaw County, Michigan, a mostly rural county in the northeast lower peninsula of Michigan, using data from the County’s annual audited financial reports. We find that while Ogemaw County has struggled...

Fiscal Health in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Pine River Township, Michigan

September 9, 2022

Stephanie Leiser, Jankeesh Sandhu, Maximilian Hill, Margaret Walthall

This case study examines the fiscal health of Pine River Township, Michigan, a mostly rural community in central Michigan, using data from the Township’s audited financial reports. We find that Pine River Township has a sizable and growing General...

Sarah Mills: Exploring the impact of renewable energy on rural communities

Dec 16, 2020 0:17:41

Michigan Minds Podcast: Sarah Mills, senior research specialist and program manager at the Ford School of Public Policy and the Graham Sustainability Institute, discusses her research examining the impact of renewable energy on rural communities a

Katherine Cramer: Listening to Strengthen Democracy

Oct 23, 2019 1:05:00

Katherine Cramer explains what she heard while inviting herself into the conversations of people in small communities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. October, 2019.

Katherine Cramer: Listening to Strengthen Democracy