Organizations Participating in Growing Greener

Ross Preserve-Van Buren County

Niles Train Station-Berrien County

The following businesses, organizations, agencies and municipalities are currently involved in the Growing Greener in Southwest Michigan initiative.  Many of these organizations have representatives on a committee that are guiding the Growing Greener work. 

FEDERAL:

National Park Service, Rivers, Trails, & Conservation Assistance Program

STATE:

Michigan Natural Features Inventory, MDEQ Coastal Zone Management Program

TRIBAL:

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

EDUCATION:

Michigan State University Land Policy Institute 

REGIONAL:

Southwest Michigan Planning Commission, Paw Paw River Watershed Group, 

COUNTY:

Berrien County Planning Commission, Cass County Planning Commission, Cass County Conservation District, Cass County & Road Commission Parks Department, Van Buren County Planning Commission, Berrien County Parks Department

TOWNSHIP:

Almena Township, Bloomingdale Township, Chikaming Township Planning Commission, Silver Creek Township, St. Joseph, New Buffalo

CITY & VILLAGE:

Bangor, Benton Harbor, Bloomingdale,  Hartford, Niles

NON-PROFIT:

The Conservation Fund, Chikaming Open Lands, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC), Meeting Ecological and Agriculture Needs of Dowagiac River System (MEANDRS), Friends of the St. Joseph River

PRIVATE:

Homebuilders of Southwest Michigan

BECOME A PARTNER IN GROWING GREENER IN

SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN 

Your commitment means that your organization, municipality or agency is willing to be a part of the process to further the idea and plans of a green infrastructure vision.  Your participation is voluntary, but it is also critical to create a successful vision, plan and implementation strategy for the Growing Greener initiative in Southwest Michigan.  

Become a partner today click to sign the Resolution of Support Mail or fax back Resolution of Support documents to the following: 

Marcy Colclough

Southwest Michigan Planning Commission

185 East Main St. Suite 701

Benton Harbor, MI 49022

Fax: (269) 925-0288

JOIN THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE TODAY!