A multi-university effort to leverage and coordinate university resources in support of neighborhood initiatives in the HOPE Village community. It is an innovative model of community–campus collaboration which builds on the assets of all groups in or...

The program addresses specific topics that affect the vibrancy of core city neighborhoods with reference to smart growth, livability, and community-based social and economic policies that build from within and cater, primarily, to current residents. ...

The following two projects facilitate a pipeline to forestry education for underrepresented students. 1) A Strategic Alliance for Building, Expanding, and Sustaining Pathways to Careers in Forestry, and 2) Seeding the Ground: Growing the Next Generat...

The MSU National Charrette Institute (NCI) facilitated a series of online engagements for a partnership between the Michigan Department of Natural Resource’s Parks and Recreation Division (DNR) and the Landscape Architecture (LA) program at Michigan ...

Colleen Matts works throughout Michigan to help cultivate local food purchasing programs at institutions such as schools, colleges, and hospitals by linking farm to institution programs and partners, developing and sharing resources, and providing te...

The Institute of Agricultural Technology and Wayne County Community College District partnership allows students to earn a certificate from MSU in fruit and vegetable crop management and in landscape management while working toward an associate degre...

Andrew McCain sits on multiple local advisory boards for local schools and community groups. The main focus is being a voice for agriculture-related issues and a connection to MSU and higher learning.

In this USDA-funded project, a team of seven NGOs serving beginning farmers, Extension educators, and members from the Center for Regional Food Systems, are developing curriculum that engages beginning farmers by providing technical information on pr...

The Michigan Good Food Fund is a $30 million loan fund that supports good food entrepreneurs, particularly women and BIPOC owners, working to increase access to healthy food and spark economic opportunity in places that need it most. Serving low inco...

Co-facilitated a planning process to review current MSU Extension Water School program. This program is targeted at public officials and staff of public agencies responsible for making decisions about the use and safety of Michigan's water resources.

The Michigan Good Food Charter is an action and advocacy framework that promotes collaboration to advance a “good food system” in Michigan, that is a thriving food economy distinguished by equity, health, and sustainability. The Charter was initially...

Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library serves as NLM National Outreach Library with the goal of disseminating trusted health care and scientific research to populations who have lacked access to and are underrepresented in medical research...

In the CSUS 836 course, in a 2-week participatory modeling unit, students learn how to model natural resource systems and how to conduct community-engaged modeling work.

City of Detroit University Economic Analysis Partnership: Detroit Economic Outlook Update 2020-2025: The Partnership provides Detroit-specific economic data analysis and forecasting services to the City.

A goal of the program is to increase the number of early care and education providers utilizing farm to education within Michigan, thus increasing access to local, healthy, affordable food for ECE settings. Outputs of the program include Identifying ...

The goal of the network is to make Michigan a leader in developing shared language for providers and producers in Farm to ECE through effective collaboration, deliberate networking, and thoughtful and intentional communication, thinking about Farm to...

The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction has a long-standing partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wherein design studios allow Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design students to gain practical experi...

A place-based strategy uniting high school students, educators, scientists, residents, community organizations, and municipalities in southeast Michigan. As a funded project partner, GLISA is working with Michigan Sea Grant, Southeast Michigan Stewar...

Analysis of mobility options for low income residents of Detroit, with focus on access to health care, food, and employment.

Robert Wilson annually presents to the Quiet Adventures Symposium held at Michigan State University to help promote conservation of natural resources and recreation including expanding diversity and accessibility of our natural resources. His present...

The mission of the MSU Science Festival is to celebrate the many ways science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (the STEAM disciplines) touch our everyday lives and shape our future, broaden public access to informal learning environment...

Robert Wilson worked with Dr. Chuck Nelson from the Department of Sustainability to produce a documentary video of the Great Lake to Lake trail, which is the states longest destinations trail and connects Lake Michigan with Lake Huron and all the com...