Connecting Michigan
Statewide Trailways Vision & Action Plan
In 2007, Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance, in collaboration with many trails groups, government agencies, and stakeholders, launched Connecting Michigan; A Statewide Trailways Vision and Action Plan. This plan, funded by a grant from the Kresge Foundation, was drafted to increase communications, cooperation, and resource sharing to encourage improved regional and state collaboration to develop a quality statewide networked system of trails and greenways.
Connecting Michigan – Vision and Action Plan
Resolution for the Endorsement of Connecting MI
Endorsements
– National Park Service, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Program, Michigan Program Office
– North Country Trail Association
– Rails-to-Trails Conservancy National Office
– Former Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
– The Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports
– League of Michigan Bicyclists
– Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
– Michigan Department of Community Health
– Michigan Department of Natural Resources
– Michigan Department of Transportation
– Michigan Environmental Council
– Michigan Recreation and Park Association
– Michigan Snowmobile Association
– Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance
– Genesee County Metropolitan Alliance
– Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce
– Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
– Niles-Buchanan-Cass Area Transportation Study Policy Committee
– Twin Cities Area Transportation Study Policy Committee
– Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority
– Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission
– Ingham County Parks and Recreation Commission
– Isabella County Parks and Recreation Commission
– Jackson County Parks and Recreation Commission
– Kent County Parks Department
– Marquette County Active Living Task Force
– Marquette County Health Department
– Midland County Parks and Recreation Commission
– Oakland County Parks and Recreation
– Ottawa County Planning Commission
– Saginaw County Board of Commissioners
– Clair County Parks and Recreation
– Southeast Livingston County Recreation Authority (SELCRA)
– Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation
– Van Buren County Road Commission
– Crockery
– Fenton
– Gaines
– Garfield Planning Commission
– Garfield Board of Trustees
– Grand Blanc
– Hamburg Township Recreation Board
– Highland
– Meridian
– Morris
– Pittsfield
– Putnam
– Thomas (Parks & Recreation Commission and full Board of Trustees)
– Waterford
– White Lake
– Buchanan
– Cheboygan
– East Lansing
– Eaton Rapids
– Evart
– Fremont
– Grand Blanc
– Swartz Creek
– Albion Trails Committee
– Friends of the Betsie Valley Trail
– Betsie Valley Trailway Management Council
– Brighton Trail Riders Association
– Friends of the Clinton River Trail
– Crawford County Multipurpose Trails Committee
– Friends of the Fred Meijer Clinton-Ionia-Shiawassee Trail
– Friends of the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail
– Friends of the Flint River Trail
– Friends of the Lakelands Trail
– Friends of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trailway
– Friends of the Kal-Haven Trail, Inc.
– Friends of the Musketawa Trail
– Friends of the Polly Ann Trail of Lapeer County
– Friends of the Saginaw Valley Rail Trail
– Heart of Michigan Trails and Greenways Partnership
– Highland Equestrian Conservancy
– Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority
– Oakland County Trails Advisory Council
– Oakland Equestrian Coalition
– Paint Creek Trailways Commission
– Pinckney Trail Riders Association
– Riverwalk-Railtrail Committee of the Bay Area Communiity Foundation
– Southern Links Trailway Management Council
– A.R.T. Trails, Inc.
– Thornapple Trail Association
– Top of Michigan Trails Council
– Urban Trails and Waterways of Southeast Michigan
– West Michigan Trails and Greenways Coalition
– Albion (Downtown Development Authority)
– Clinton River Riders
– Detroit Synergy
– Fenton Regional Chamber of Commerce
– Flint River Watershed Coalition
– Grand Blanc Chamber of Commerce
– Grayling Area Chamber of Commerce
– Grayling Rotary Club
– Grayling Uptown District Association
– Great Lakes Discovery Center
– Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce
– Greater Corktown Development Corporation
– Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority
– Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council
– Michigan Fitness Foundation
– Michigan Mountain Bike Association, Northern Chapter
– Potawatomi Resource Conservation & Development Council
– School for Outdoor Leadership Adventure and Recreation
– Slow Spokes Bicycle Club
– Tri-County Bicycle Association
– Washtenaw Bicycling & Walking Coalition
– DTE Energy
– Gould Engineering, Inc.
– The Greenways Collaborative, Inc.
– Hamilton-Anderson Associates
– International Transmission Company
– Landscape Architects & Planners, Inc.
– Rowe, Incorporated
– Wade Trim Group, Inc.
– Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive
– Ray Irvine, Director of Greenways & Bikeways, Indiana Department of
Transportation
– Citizens Committee for Michigan State Parks
– Dennis Hansen, Author, Michigan Trail Atlas
– Andrea Knopf
– Richard Knopf
– Meijer Foundation
– Ruth Mott Foundation
– Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
– Susan Armstrong
– Amy Kuras
– Jeffrey Dehring
– Susan Bryan