All I can say is “Thank goodness!”. I’ve always hated the looks of these out of place, ostentatious, monstrous McMansion homes, especially in rural areas where they are totally out of character with the surrounding landscape. It seems that McMansions are a thing of the past and there is some sort of McMansion backlash going [...]
I’m elated to announce that I just received a complimentary review copy of the beautiful new book, Conservation Communities: Creating Value With Nature, Open Space, and Agriculture, from LandChoices’ member Ed McMahon. Ed is someone I greatly admire for his wonderful work advancing conservation development. I’ve started to read this sensational book and love it! [...]
Our new “Top 10 Ways to Preserve Land and Water in Your Community” gives planners and officials in your community an easy guide to preserve clean water, natural areas, wildlife and working farmland by making the following mandatory for new developments in your community: 1. Inexpensive Preliminary Sketch Plan Include a sketch plan of greenway land, [...]
Visit SaveCamps.org, our new blog to save Girl Scout, Boy Scout and other outdoor camps for kids. Please comment, share, subscribe and help us spread the word. A big thank you to volunteer editor Ken Jacobsen for stepping up and helping make this happen to preserve camps for future generations.
You can help us raise funds for a new website to more efficiently protect water quality, natural areas, wildlife and working farmland near you. Our new website will help planners preserve land in your community. The most important reason we are building a new website is to make it easier for you, the user, to [...]
I’m sorry, but I have to refer to most monster homes as “ugly McMansions”. Their large roofs and hard packed, manicured and fertilized lawns contribute greatly to storm water run off, polluting lakes, rivers and streams. The article, “Days of McMansions dwindle as builders seek to economize“, in The Detroit News, suggests that McMansions are [...]
We are happy to announce that LandChoices is part of two Public Television programs put together by the nonprofit group 10,000 Friends of Minnesota. The two programs, “Land Matters – Smarter Subdivisions” and “Land Matters – Rethinking Main Street”, are airing on Twin Cities Public Television in Minnesota in 2010 and feature video footage from LandChoices [...]
A good friend of LandChoices, Dan Paulson, asked us to post information about a green build conference in Traverse City, Michigan. Dan is the creator of Cedar Valley Ridge, one of my favorite conservation neighborhoods, located near Traverse City, Michigan. Dan preserved more than 70% of the property. View the Cedar Valley Ridtge site plan. The [...]
Make an end of the year tax-deductible donation to LandChoices now to help save clean water, natural areas, wildlife and working farmland. Our online donations are secure, quick and easy. Click the “Donate Now” button below. Prefer to Give By Mail? Please mail your check, made out to “LandChoices”, to: LandChoices PO 181 Milford, MI 48381 [...]
LandChoices has good friends at the art store. Main Street Art in downtown Milford, Michigan is where art lovers shop. Supportive of LandChoices’ work, our brochures are on display in the art store. The owners volunteer during our annual Earth Day event. Main Street Art walks the talk, carrying environmentally friendly products like solvent free [...]
