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UP Hidden Coast Recreation Heritage Route Management Plan
Superior Region - Central Road and Trail Bicycling Guide
Non-Motorized Plan and Investment Strategy
US 41/US 2/M 35 Access Management Study - Request For Proposal (RFP)
About
Us
Overview
The Central Upper Peninsula Planning & Development
Regional Commission was established in 1970 and constituted
under Public Act 281 of the State of Michigan. Geographically
the region consists of Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette,
Menominee, and Schoolcraft Counties, which are located
in the central part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
These six counties conform to the regional boundaries
established by then Governor Milliken in Executive
Orders 1968-1 and 1974-4 which designated these counties
as State Planning Region 12.
Activities
The Primary Purpose of the Commission is to:
•
Promote and achieve intergovernmental cooperation
and coordination.
• Provide information to levels of government
that is both useful and understandable.
• Develop and maintain plans that include
goals, policies, objectives, alternatives, and recommendations
for growth and development.
•Assist local governments in achieving their
objectives.
The
Commission does this through a number of mechanisms
which target local units of government and their planning
and development organizations. These mechanisms include
the following:
•One,
it provides a forum for addressing issues that extend
beyond individual governmental boundaries by fostering
collaborative regional planning.
•Two,
it functions as an information services agency through
collaboration and cooperation with other federal,
state and local organizations in the dissemination
of community development and economic development
information.
•Three,
it conducts regional planning studies and maintains
databases to foster the implementation of transportation,
solid waste, wastewater, housing, land use and economic
development programs of the state and federal government
departments.
•Four,
it provides community planning assistance on specific
projects involving recreation, fire protection,
roads, railroads and bridges, public transit, sewer
and water, housing rehabilitation as well as solid
waste management and the arts.
•Five,
it attempts to seek out and capture economic development
opportunities which utilize local resources.
The commission also has the capability to provide
computer mapping services (Geographical Information
Systems) on a general area-wide basis, including
but not limited to county base maps, land cover
and specialized area maps at request.
Contact
For more information on how we can help your community, contact CUPPAD or email cuppad@chartermi.net.
Questions? Phone: 906-786-9234 or toll free at 1-800-562-9828
fax: 906-786-4442
Mailing Address: 2415 14th Avenue South, Escanaba, MI 49829
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