ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING CLASS
PLANNING RESOURCES FOR HOUGHTON COUNTY
"Shaping Our Future" Land-Use Survey
"Wanted! Your Help in Shaping the Future of Houghton County." That was the invitation to all Houghton County residents in January 1997 to participate in an opinion survey about land-use and related issues. Nearly 2,000 residents took the time to return the surveys. The survey asked residents how strongly they agreed or disagreed with each of 26 statements on topics such as community change, planning, development, open-space preservation, property rights, and environmental stewardship. About three-quarters of the returned surveys included comments, ranging from a few words to lengthy attachments.
Funding for this project was provided by mini-grants to the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country from the Michigan Environmental Council's Land Stewardship Initiative and by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country and U.P. LEAD contributed additional funds.
The Survey:
- Results of Houghton County 1997
- "Shaping Our Future" Land-Use Survey
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- Prepared by
- Kristine L. Bradof, Paula A. Olson, and Glen L. Spangler
- GEM Center for Environmental Outreach
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Michigan Technological University
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1. The entire Narrative Report (961 kb file size) and separate files for Appendices in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, with file sizes as listed.
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- Verbatim survey comments by community
June 1, 2005
Volume 1: Narrative Report Entire report: 961 kb
Volume 2: Appendices
Appendix A: Houghton County survey comments (abridged) 88 kb
Appendix B: Age distribution of respondents by location (number of responses) 12 kb
Appendix C: Responses by age (degree of agreement or disagreement) 28 kb
Appendix D: Results by length of residence (degree of agreement or disagreement) 42kb
Appendix E: Results by statement and location (degree of agreement or disagreement) 160 kb
Appendix F: Results by location and statement (degree of agreement or disagreement)
Select Entire Appendix F 4.05 Mb
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- March 1998
- A project sponsored by the Keweenaw Peninsula "Shaping Our Future" Partnership:
- MTU GEM Center for Environmental Outreach
- League of Women Voters of the Copper Country
- Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Regional Commission
- Keweenaw Land Trust
- Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition
Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
- Keweenaw Community Foundation
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