Conference Proceedings:Annual Institute
House Bipartisan Urban Caucus and Urban Core Mayors, Urban Vision Summit
Building Coalitions for Michigan Cities
January 13-14, 2000

The second Urban Summit was designed to bring special attention to four key issues that face Michigan as we enter the new century: land use and the environment, transportation, housing, and education. These four issues were identified-during a statewide policy meeting attended by many caucus members in Traverse City last October-as key elements of any comprehensive state policy discussion. Each of the invited speakers for Summit 2000 was asked to keep in mind these four issues as they discussed urban policy.

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House Bipartisan Urban Caucus and Urban Core Mayors, Urban Vision Summit
June 1998

Michigan's urban centers lie at the core of regional prosperity. The Urban Vision Summit was an extremely successful beginning to the hard work of learning about the barriers and challenges our cities face and realizing opportunities for development of our urban centers. We also recognize the interdependence of our cities with the suburban and rural communities that surround them.

The mission of the House Bipartisan Urban Caucus focuses on policy, research, education, and leadership development. The Caucus Steering Committee-recognizing the need to bring a diverse group of stakeholders from around the state into the process of developing a comprehensive agenda for Michigan's cities-determined that a summit would be an effective focal point for raising the profile of urban issues in the eyes of Michigan's leadership and help to develop an agenda for the Caucus in the years ahead.

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