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Competing Through Creativity & Resilience: How Regions Can Lead on Advanced Energy

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Reflections from the International Economic Development Council Conference By Whitney Mann Creativity and efficiency are becoming the new operating models for economic and community development, defining which regions will lead in the next chapter of the energy transition.  This was made clear earlier this month at the International Economic Development Council … [continued]

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Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

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The ready access to nature and winter sports is what prompted Elizabeth Scott and her family to up sticks from Portland, Oregon, to Houghton on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in summer 2021.

With 29% of Michigan’s territory and only 3% of its population, to many, the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) might appear a dream place to start over.

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Mass Timber’s Edge: Smaller Crews, Quicker Builds, New Floors Above

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Mass timber has already proven its climate case. What is becoming more clear as projects accumulate is its advantage in time and labor. Speed of construction and smaller, more specialized crews create economic benefits that go beyond carbon accounting. They reduce costs, compress schedules, and open up new markets such … [continued]

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