Land Information Access Association

Land Information Access Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit community service organization.

 

Our Mission:

Helping people shape better communities through participation, education, information and the effective use of technology.

LIAA Spotlight

 

Special Effects at Nature North!

 

Joe Carter sets up the set at Nature North

Joe Carter and Jim Muratzki set up and manned a "Make Your Own Nature Video" booth at the Grand Traverse Conservation District's Nature North festival on Saturday, June 12.  Participants could see how a chroma key movie set works by interacting with video of a Turtle, Raccoon and the Boardman River (both above and below!).

 

 

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Author/Educator Richard Heinberg to Speak in Traverse City Sept. 17

Richard Heinberg
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

LIAA has joined with several regional partners to sponsor a presentation by the nationally recognized teacher, author and lecturer Richard Heinberg on Friday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Northwestern Michigan College's Olseon Center. Heinberg's talk is titled "The Truth About Energy, the Economy & You." Click here for more information.

LIAA Staff Present at IMAGIN Conference

2010 IMAGIN Conference
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Paul Riess, GIS Specialist, and Heather Seyfarth, Community Planner, presented at this year's annual IMAGIN Conference. IMAGIN is an organization that provides support for professionals who are using, creating, or maintaining spatial resources within Michigan. Paul and Heather shared their experience with applying a Geographic Information System (GIS) overlay methodology during the development of the Suttons Bay Community's Future Land Use Map. The Suttons Bay project is part of LIAA's Partnerships for Change Program.

New Partnerships for Change Service Grants Available!

Wednesday, March 03, 2010
The Partnerships for Change (PfC) Program is delighted to announce the availability of over $250,000 in professional services and technical assistance grants to combinations of municipalities that have agreed to work together for productive changes in their shared communities. Information on our exciting new grant opportunities can be found here.

LIAA Sponsors 2010 Michigan Association of Planning Spring Institute!

Michigan Association of Planning
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
LIAA was honored to be one of the sponsors of this year's Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) Spring Institute. The special two-day program, Transforming the Michigan Mindset: Entrepreneurs as a Catalyst for Economic Development, provided planners, business leaders and local officials with the knowledge and tools to effect local investment, business development and job creation as Michigan shifts from a manufacturing-based economy to a service- and knowledge-based economy.

Partnerships for Change Program Awards Six New Service Grants to Local Communities

The PfC Program will work with the Suttons Bay Community to develop a new joint zoning ordinance
Friday, November 20, 2009

We are delighted to announce that the Partnerships for Change Program has recently awarded professional services and technical assistance grants to six communities that has agreed to work together for productive changes in their shared communities.

 

The Service Grants were awarded to the:

 

Farmington Community - To assist in the the development of a Corridor Authority.

 

Tri-County Community (Lansing) - To assist in the development of a comprehensive study to establish a service growth boundary.

 

Suttons Bay Community - To assist in the development of a new joint zoning ordinance.

 

Heart of the Lake Community (Brooklyn) &

East Manistee County Community - To help clarify and organize potential cooperative planning options for each community.

 

Boyne City Community - To help clarify and organize potential cooperative planning options along M-75.

 

Congratulations to all the communities!

 

 

 

More LIAA News...

LIAA's Community Center™ website development software puts you in control of your website, empowering you to create, update and share your content quickly and easily.

The UpNorth Media Center, housed at LIAA, provides media training, equipment, webcasting and cablecasting to residents of northwest Michigan.

LIAA's Fresh Food Partnership initiative purchases fresh produce from local farmers to be distributed through local food pantries.

Visit LIAA's Partnerships for Change Program to learn more about the new and expanded cooperative planning efforts being implemented statewide.

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