Welcome to Building Place

Effective community planning is essential to keep your hometown an attractive place to live, work, visit, and play.  Building Place seeks to consistently provide exceptional community planning, zoning, and economic development advisory services to Michigan’s smaller towns, villages, and rural communities.

2010 Michigan Townships Association Educational Conference Session

Thank you to everyone who attended our recent session on regulating small wind turbines at the recent Michigan Townships Association conference in Grand Rapids.  Click here to view our PowerPoint presentation, and to download the handout materials.  Click here to contact Mr. Nanney directly with any additional questions.

Online Newsletter

Click here to read the Building Place Notebook, our online newsletter:

• Stay on top of current community planning and zoning issues.
• Learn about local economic development opportunities.
• Ask questions of The Zoning Guru.
• Sign up for a free subscription today!

Place Zoning

Click here to learn the answer to the question, “What is Place Zoning?“ and find out how this innovation in zoning and land development can help your community today.

Public Speaking and Presentations

Rodney C. Nanney, AICP is an innovative provider of solutions to community planning, zoning, and local economic development challenges.  Mr. Nanney consistently strives to translate the technical jargon of zoning and land development into everyday language.  Click here to learn how to arrange for Mr. Nanney to speak at your next meeting, conference, or gathering.

2009 Michigan Association of Planning Annual Conference Session

Thank you to all that attended our conference session entitled “Brevity or Ambiguity:  What’s in Your Zoning Ordinance?” Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation, and for links to more information.

We can help

Click here to learn about the ways that Building Place is ready to help you keep your hometown an attractive place to live, work, visit, and play.

Building Place Consultants:

• Provide professional community planning and zoning advisory services
• Have downtown and neighborhood revitalization experience
• Have zoning ordinance and land development policy expertise
• Understand economic development planning and project implementation
• Provide geographic information systems (GIS) mapping
• Provide land development review and application processing