Troy's Futures Process
Troy's Futures Process
Final Report
How to Become Involved, Actions to Achieve Preferred Futures
Task force description and chairs
Project Information
Civic Infrastructure Trends - 38kB
Image and Presentation Trends - 81kB
Lifestyle Trends - 34kB
Lifetime Learning Trends - 70kB
Mobility Trends - 703kB
Regionalism Trends - 395kB
Troy Visioning Process Info - 10kB
Wealth Creation Trends - 43kB
Research
+Civic Infrastructure
10YrResTurnover01.03.06 - 42kB
Ann Arbor leaders get regional with revamped event - Sheena Harrison - 609kB
Assessing the Effects of Public Participation - Kathleen E Halvorsen - 6MB
Boards and Committees - 608kB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Building Social Capital - Civic Attitudes and Behavior of Public Servants - Gene A Brewer - 10MB
Civic Infrastructure - Assessment and Planning - NCL - 3MB
Civic Infrastructure - Books Available on Loan - 96kB
Civic Infrastructure Cool Cities Link - 26kB
Civic Infrastructure Election History - 45kB
Critical Factors for Enhancing Municipal Public Hearings - William H. Baker-H Lon Addams-Brian Davis - 6MB
Dealing With Cynical Citizens - Evan M. Berman - 5MB
Devolution or Confolution- The Changing Relationship Between Federal State and Local Gov - Dave Swenson and Steven Deller - 9MB
Dow Jones Real-Estate Index - 230kB
Fallout from the Federal Deficit - Alan Greenblatt - 599kB
Grants and Related Resources - Nonprofit Virtual Library - 2MB
Graphs - Thinking About Social Change in America - 1MB
Integrating Values into Public Service-The Values Statement as Centerpiece - Kenneth Kernaghan - 5MB
Michigan Nonprofit Research Program - MNRP - 180kB
Nonprofit Resource Guide - Directory of Interest To or Serving Nonprofits - 820kB
Oakland population moving - 194kB
Public Private Collaboration - Steve Ferris - Urban Land May 2005 - 344kB
Serving Customers or Engaging Citizens - What is the Future of Local Gov - Frank Benest - 3MB
State population slow to grow article - 107kB
Strategies for Reconnecting Citizens and Government -MRSC - 9MB
The Community Communication Network - 2MB
The Michigan Nonprofit Agenda - MI Nonprofit Assoc - 1MB
The Municipal Tax Base - A Guide for Local Officials - 56kB
The Potential Impacts of Devolution on State Gov Programs and Finances - Steven D. Gold - 3MB
The Question of Participation- Toward Authentic Public Participation - 409kB
Troy Election History 1-11-06 - 12kB
Troy-based auto supplier asks GM & UAW for relief - Joseph Szczeny - 503kB
+Image and Feel
60 of the Worlds Great Places - 253kB
Anthony Downs Provocative Thoughts - 94kB
Behind Zooming Condo Prices, New Demographics or a Bubble - Kemba J Dunham and Ray A Smith - 674kB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Can a Place be too Perfect - 116kB
Claritas PRIZM NE market segmentation - 927kB
Climax of Humanity - 58kB
Community Profile SEMCOG - 45kB
Congress of New Urbanism Charter - 63kB
Creating Community Places - 64kB
Design and Review Criteria for Public Art - 185kB
Dow Jones Real-Estate Index - 230kB
Education Skilled Workers & the Future of Cold Weather Cities - 296kB
Eleven Principles for Transforming Public Spaces - 52kB
Five of the Worlds Most Overrated Places - 144kB
Fractal City - 83kB
French Fry - 173kB
Golden Mean - 47kB
Golden Ratio - 161kB
Good Places - 55kB
How Art Economically Benefits Cities - 99kB
How Far is Too Far - 169kB
Iconography and the Transect - 332kB
Invester Styles A Psychographic Segmentation - 50kB
Jobs Housing Balance - 50kB
Malmo Sweden - 85kB
Mixed Use Districts Often Get Mixed Reviews - 23kB
NIMBYs to DUDEs - 29kB
Oakland County slowly expanding in diversity - Charles Crumm - 446kB
People are Moving in as Jobs are Moving Out - 133kB
Place for Parking - 348kB
Plazas & Civic Squares - 36kB
Prevalant Type of Family Singles - 88kB
Principles Essential to the Renewal of Architecture - 51kB
psychographic segmentation - 76kB
Psychographics and it's effect on Group Dynamics - 19kB
Public Art an Intro - 91kB
Roundabouts in Waterloo - 345kB
Safety & Security in Public Space - 49kB
Secret Geography - 148kB
SEMCOG Overview - 67kB
Smart Sprawl Strategy - 73kB
Streets are People Places - 113kB
Streets Designed for Women Friendly - 209kB
Streets - 58kB
Tempes Hiigh rises to Create New Views - 102kB
Ten Benefits of Creating Good Public Spaces - 130kB
Ten City Design Resolutions - 49kB
The New Suburbanism - 2MB
ULI Higher Density Development Myth & Fact - 1MB
ULI Reinventing Suburban Strips - 1MB
Urban Myths - 171kB
Urban Parks Innovate or Stagnate - 87kB
Village Green for Free, but it Costs Too Much - 251kB
What is a Great Civic Space - 42kB
What Makes a Successful Place - 113kB
White Collar Job Outsourcing - 37kB
Worlds Best Public Spaces - 190kB
Zoning Needs an Overhaul - 84kB
+Lifestyle
20 Trends For The Future - 691kB
Behind Zooming Condo Prices, New Demographics or a Bubble - Kemba J Dunham and Ray A Smith - 674kB
Blazing A New Trail - 2MB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Cost of health care coverage for retirees is national crisis in the making - Thomas J Healey and Robert Steel - 562kB
Diversity ordinance debated - 121kB
Flight of the Creative Class - 61kB
Listing of Activity Centers - 32kB
New Perspective on Urban Spaces - 3MB
NRPA - breaking news - 357kB
NRPA-Improved Nutrition & Phys Activity - 164kB
NRPA-Step Up To Health - 222kB
NRPA-Steps To Healthier Aging - 160kB
P&R-It's Benefits & Accountability - 432kB
Parks and Economic Development - 3MB
Parks and Youth Development - 2MB
People's Perceptions of P&R - 3MB
Prescription for Untapped Revenue Sources - 137kB
Relationship Between Recreation & Parks - 327kB
Rise of the Creative Class - 565kB
TrendScan-Dec 2003 - 198kB
TrendScan-Jan 2005 - 289kB
+Lifetime Learning
21st Century learning and information literacy - Patricia Breivik - 5MB
A Revised Strategic Plan Executive Summary for Oakland County's Career Development System - Oakland County Workforce Development Board - 120kB
Agenda 04.18.05 - Admin Memo - ICMA Survey - 1MB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Computer Literacy for Seniors - Helpguide A project of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and Center for Healthy Aging - 47kB
Coping with the graying workforce - Financial Executive - 685kB
Dropouts share blame along with schools, parents - Lewis Hayner - 470kB
E-Learning Trends Today and Beyond - Mark Brodsky - 68kB
Families' fears grow after latest cross burning - 1MB
Getting the User's attention - 431kB
Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States August 2000 - Eric Newburger - 174kB
Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States August 2000 Press Release - Eric Newburger - 36kB
Its time to prove our mettle - Janet Balas - 2MB
Jobs skid, no end in sight - Louis Aguilar - 1MB
Michigan left in the dust of new global economy - Phil Power - 746kB
NCLIS discussion topics for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging - NCLIS - 79kB
New Chinese center opens - Carol Hopkins - 502kB
Oakland County slowly expanding in diversity - Charles Crumm - 446kB
Older Americans and the Internet - Pew Internet & American Life Project - 263kB
Recent Research on the Effects of Technology on Teaching and Learning - J Cradler and E Bridgforth - 58kB
School-Business Partnerships Garnering Success - ACTE - 137kB
Schools Focus Extra Efforts On Ninth Grade - Robert Tomsho - 878kB
Seattle meeting attracts the world - Brian Kenney - 459kB
Senate forum explores ways to keep aging workforce working, productive - Theresa Eversole - 6kB
The Future of Education Visions 2020, Photo Essay September 16, 2004 - 323kB
The Michigan career deveopment system - Public Scector Consultants, Inc - 810kB
The same, but different - Virginia Walter - 737kB
The Settle Public Library Central Library Economic Benefits Assessment - Berk $ Associates - 3MB
Trends Affecting Higher Education 2005 - Rhode Island School of Design - 953kB
Trends No Changing the World - Marvin Cetron - 188kB
Visions 2020 Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies - US Department of Commerce Technology Administration - 2MB
We the People Aging in the United States Census 2000 Special Reports - Yvonne Gist and Lisa Hetzel - 363kB
Workforce Development Trends Importance of Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning - MSBDC - 15kB
+Mobility
Agenda 04.18.05 - Admin Memo - ICMA Survey - 1MB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Comm Rogers takes SMART to work - 23kB
Community Transportation Article on SMART - 3MB
connecting the suburban dots-rob gurwitt - governing magz - 627kB
elderly mobility - SEMCOG report - 172kB
errands detnews 8-22-05 - 50kB
federal bill-detnews - 75kB
Fox_Aging_2005 - 58kB
FoxBentleyOct2005 final - 152kB
Gas prices curtail hires, cause retail surcharges - Alejandro Bodipo-Memba - 678kB
Gas prices help spur inflation - The Associated Press - 487kB
gas prices - 15kB
gas prices-car pools-detnews - 92kB
Global Trends 2015 A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts - National Intelligence Council - 201kB
high cost of commuting - 103kB
Home Work - Digital Life - 170kB
John Abraham presentation to the North American Conference on Elderly Mobility - 10MB
linking people to the workplace toolkit - 904kB
look at the future-technology - 115kB
mobility challenges - 205kB
NACEM12-15-2004 - 513kB
NetWorker Quick Stats - NetworkWorld - 81kB
new tools to tame traffic detnews - 139kB
pilot_map_atlas - 2MB
PIP_Future_of_Internet - 682kB
Principles of Smart Growth - Create Walkable Neighborhoods1 - 193kB
SafeMobility0104 - 299kB
senior transportation toolkit and best practices - 1MB
Seniors - 152kB
SMART TROY SERVICES - 1MB
Summary of SMART Services in Troy - 27kB
sustainable mobility - 1MB
Telework Statistics - The Telework Coalition - 27kB
The Future of Telecommunting - S Handy and P Mokhtrarian - 970kB
The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on Travel and Freight Distribution - Hop Associates and Transport Research Group - 253kB
transit comment detnews 8-17 - 16kB
Trying to pinpoint cause of elderly's mobility woes - Los Angeles Times - 163kB
Walkable Communities - 145kB
Walkable Neighborhoods - 267kB
WORKING CONDITIONS-The inn thing for office space - 24kB
+Regionalism
035 Summary of Millage Requirements2 2005-06 - 50kB
12.14 Troy Department - Current Regional Collaborations - 163kB
1993 Taskforce Comparison and Outcome Comparison to 2005 - 36kB
2004 Local Millage Rate Comparison - 16kB
A Little Piece of You on the Internet Industrial Market T… - 59kB
act-8-of-1967 - 11kB
Additional Revenue Sources Are Hard to Find - City Mayors.Finance - 225kB
Assembly of Rouge Communities - 38kB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Budget - 023-025 Executive Summary 2005-06 - 82kB
Budget - 038-039 Revenues 2005-06 - 96kB
Catalog of Local Government Services in Michigan - Citizens Research Council of MI - 60kB
Central Upper Penninsula Planning Development Regional Commission - 454kB
Clinton River and the Clinton River Watershed Council - 237kB
Comparison of Local Millage Rates - 2004 Certified - 91kB
Consumer Price Index - Detroit 1995-2005 - 12kB
Consumer Price Index - Inflation Calculator 1995-2005 - 16kB
Consumer Price Index w-Graph Detroit Metro 1995-2005 - 74kB
deq-ess-caap-StormwaterWorkshopBrochure - 162kB
Entity List - Gov 6.28 - 57kB
Flight of the Creative Class - 563kB
Governor-Center Regional Excellence - Entity Meeting 06 - 125kB
Governor-Center Regional Excellence - Summary of Service Sharing Meetings - 202kB
Governor-Center Regional Excellence Meeting 6.28.05 Contacts Updated2 - 58kB
Governors CRE Toolbox - Grants and Resources 11.05 - 1MB
Grand Valley Metropolitan Council - 963kB
Increased MITN Usage - NACO US Communities Office Supply C… - 34kB
Locals Struggle to Maintain Necessary Services - Oakland Press 4.11.05 - 241kB
Macomb Bike Trail to Expand - Detroit News - 536kB
Metropolitan Council Act - 28kB
Michigan in Brief - Revenue Sharing Background Info to 1997 - 310kB
Minutes - Regionalism Taskforce 01.12.06 Attach CRE Primer - 250kB
Minutes - Regionalism Taskforce 01.12.06 Attach Muskegon 2pp - 70kB
More Detroit businesses owned by women minorities - Crains… - 65kB
MSA Michigan Suburbs Alliance - Description - 133kB
Numbers paint better picture - Crains - 68kB
Paint Creek Trailway - website - 390kB
phase II communities - 11kB
Phase II Federal Storm Water Rule - 42kB
Recycling Bill of Little Impact for Oakland County - The Daily Oakland Press - SOCRRA-RRRASOC - 71kB
Regional Collaboration - Interagency Task Force - Executive Order - 161kB
Regional Collaboration - Making the Great Lakes Greater- EPA - 130kB
Regionalism - Metro Growth - A Mandate for Reinventing Regions in the 21st Century - 552kB
Regionalism - The Death and Life of American Regional Planning - 593kB
Regionalism - Transit - Abandoning the Social Goals of Public Transit in Neoliberal City - 1,008kB
Regionalism - Transit - About DARTA - 388kB
Regionalism - Transit - Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority DARTA - 469kB
Regionalism - Transit - EIA Short-term Energy Outlook 10.12.05 - 509kB
Regionalism - Transit - GAO Gasoline Price Trends 09.21.05 - 1MB
Regionalism - Transit - GAO Testimony-Senate Transportation Comm 09.21.05 - 110kB
Regionalism - Transit - Getting to the Bus Stop - 119kB
Regionalism - Transit - I-75 Corridor Study in Oakland County - Summary - Corradino11.00 - 370kB
Regionalism - Transit - Light Rail vs Bus Rapid Transit 02 - 238kB
Regionalism - Transit - The Death of Public Transit in Metro Detroit 03 - 849kB
Regionalism - Transit - Transit Ridership for Selected Cities 03 - 294kB
Revenue Sharing Payments Remain Frozen - MML 09.15.05 - 39kB
SEMCOG - About Us - 556kB
State MI - Revenue Sharing Budget-Explanation 05-06 - 366kB
Summary of Phase 1 Water System Feasibility Study - 463kB
Taxes On Consumers - 114kB
The New Metropolitan Aliances - Executive Summary - Regional Collaboration for Economic Development - 292kB
The New Metropolitan Alliances-Regional Collaboration for Economic Development - Joan Fitzgerald - 1MB
Troy Department - Current Regional Collaborations - 125kB
U S Communities - MI Registered Communities - 237kB
Understanding Collaborations - 419kB
Unfunded Mandates - GFOA June 05 - 155kB
Urban Cooperation Act of 1967 - 28kB
Vital Trends in Metro Detroit - Myron Orfield - Access to Report Online - 136kB
+Wealth Creation
09.12.05 - Oakland County Economic Outlook Final Report 2005-2007 - 19MB
10 Year by Class.05 - 47kB
10 Yr Res A.V.2005 - 32kB
10 Yr Res-CI Taxes.05 - 56kB
70 percent of workers can't afford to retire - The Associated Press - 485kB
Behind Zooming Condo Prices, New Demographics or a Bubble - Kemba J Dunham and Ray A Smith - 674kB
Boomer Century - 5MB
Dot-com bust echoes in nation's housing boom - USA today - 570kB
Dow Jones Real-Estate Index - 230kB
Flight of the Creative Class - 61kB
Gas prices curtail hires, cause retail surcharges - Alejandro Bodipo-Memba - 678kB
Gas prices help spur inflation - The Associated Press - 487kB
Gasoline Prices Drive Up Credit-Card Use - Reuters News Service - 222kB
Jobs skid, no end in sight - Louis Aguilar - 1MB
Oakland County Economic Outlook Final Report 2005-2007 - 19MB
Rise of the Creative Class - 565kB
State budget coughs up a little more revenue - Mark Hornbeck - 899kB
There is no housing bubble - Jerry Howard - 320kB
Troy-based auto supplier asks GM & UAW for relief - Joseph Szczeny - 503kB
Report on Implementation of 1993 Futures Report
John Szerlag (City Manager) Presentation (December 10, 2005)
Jim Rogers (SEMCOG) Presentation (December 10, 2005)
Ed Barlow's Dec. 10, 2005 Presentation