Resources

Partners

The Suburbs Alliance partners with many organizations to improve southeast Michigan's mature suburbs and build collaborations in our region.

Local

• ACCESS ( Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)
• Conference of Western Wayne
• Detroit Regional Chamber
• Detroit Renaissance
• Detroit NAACP
• Downriver Community Conference
• Eight Mile Boulevard Association
• Genesee County Land Bank
• Macomb County
• Metropolitan Affairs Coalition
• MOSES (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength)
• New Detroit
• Oakland County
• SEMCOG
• Summer in the City
• Tourism Economic Development Council
• Transportation Riders United
• Washtenaw County
• Wayne County
• Woodward Avenue Action Association

State

• Centers for Regional Excellence
• Citizens Research Council 
• Michigan Association of Planning
• Michigan Environmental Council
• Michigan Land Use Institute 
• Michigan Municipal League
• Michigan NOW
• Npower Michigan
• Public Sector Consultants

National

• First Suburbs Consortium
• National League of Cities 
• Smart Growth America

Universities

• Eastern Michigan University  
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Geography and Geology
  • Department of Political Science
• Michigan State University
  • Department of Agricultural Economics
    • Land Policy Program
  • Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
  • School of Planning, Design and Construction
  • MSU Extension
  • Land Management Office
• University of Michigan  - Ann Arbor
  • A. Alred Taubman College of Architecture   Urban Planning
  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
  • Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
• University of Michigan - Dearborn 
  • Master of Public Policy Program
  • Undergraduate Public Affairs Internship Program
• Wayne State University
  • Department of Geography & Urban Planning
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Master of Public Administration Program

Private Sector

• Burton-Katzman
• Carlisle Wortman Associates, Inc.
• Crosswinds Communities
• Hamilton Anderson Associates
• Hobbs + Black
• Honigman Miller
• Plante Moran
• REDICO Management Inc.
• Talon Development Group Inc.

The organizations below are not only partners of the Suburbs Alliance, but financial supporters. We are very grateful for their generous contributions.

Funders

• Birchler Arroyo Associates, Inc.
• Burton Katzman
• Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Inc.
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• DTE Energy
• Good Jobs First
• Local Initiatives Support Coalition
• LSL Planning
• Michigan Concrete Paving Association
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Michigan State Housing and Development Authority
• Michigan State University Land Policy Institute
• Project Innovations
• University of Michigan - Dearborn
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Washtenaw County
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: People and Land