Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
HOUGHTON The City of Houghton is seeking members of the public to take part in a precharrette workshop taking place in June.
The four members of the public will join others from the City Council, Planning Commission and city administration in the two-day event, which will be held June 29-30 at the Dee Stadium ballroom.
The workshop will be facilitated by the National Charrette Institute and Michigan State University Extension. The workshop is intended to determine the goals of a future charrette or other participation process so the city can develop a request for proposals. The city is seeking the best way to involve the public in the revision of the city’s downtown plan.
HOUGHTON The City of Houghton is seeking members of the public to take part in a precharrette workshop taking place in June. The four members of the publ
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HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission subcommittee for revising the city’s master plan held its first meeting Tuesday night, appointing its leaders and determining its structure.
The other committee, which will discuss development on the Lakeshore Drive parking deck site and the history of the Veridea Group proposal, will meet 5:30 p.m. March 16.
Bill Leder, vice chair of the Planning Commission, was named as chair. Michelle Jarvie-Eggart was named as vice chair, and Kristine Bradof as secretary.
After its next meeting on March 29, the committee will hold future meetings on the first and third Monday of each month at 1 p.m.
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Houghton City Manager Eric Waara talks during a City Planning Commission meeting in 2018. The Planning Commission will tackle two chapters of the master plan in 2021. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo by Garrett Neese)
HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission agreed to what parts of the city’s master plan it will review this year as part of a process that will also lead to recommendations on development in the city’s downtown.
The Planning Commission decided Tuesday it would tackle two chapters in the city’s master plan this year: 10, which covers the downtown, and 13, which discusses zoning ordinances.
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Houghton City Manager Eric Waara talks during the Planning Commission meeting in 2018. The Planning Commission will tackle two chapters of the master plan in 2021.
HOUGHTON The Houghton Planning Commission agreed to what parts of the city’s master plan it will review this year as part of a process that will also lead to recommendations on development in the city’s downtown.
The Planning Commission decided Tuesday it would tackle two chapters in the city’s master plan this year: 10, which covers the downtown, and 13, which discusses zoning ordinances.
In January, the City Council voted to have the planning commission conduct an overview of the year-and-a-half-long process leading up to the Veridea Group’s withdrawal from negotiations over potential development of the big parking deck area on Lakeshore Drive, and make recommendations on a process for the city to follow going forward. At the Planning Commissio