It is no secret that the Great Lakes are one of the most unique and precious environmental systems in the world. In fact, “the Great Lakes basin contains more than 20% of the world’s surface freshwater supplies and supports a more than 30 million population.”
The purpose of the Green Township Land Use Master Plan is to provide guidelines for future development within the community, while protecting the natural resources and rural township character. The Michigan Planning Enabling Act (PA 33 of 2008, as amended) authorizes townships to develop master plans. As stated in the enabling legislation.
Hazard mitigation planning allows communities to create long-term plans to reduce or eliminate the impacts that hazards have on the community’s population, economy, and natural environment.
The Master Plan provides a “blueprint” for future growth. This Master Plan translates the communities’ values and goals into a framework to guide decisions and development regarding growth, land use, public facilities, and services. It contains a long-range vision about how to retain economic health, conserve natural resources, meet the needs of residents and businesses, ensure an efficient transportation system, ensure compatible land uses, and promote public health, safety, and welfare.
Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy.
This Recreation Plan addresses recreational facilities and plans within the boundaries of Alpena County. This is a joint planning process to provide for recreation planning for the County of Alpena as well as the townships of Alpena, Green, Ossineke, and Wilson. These townships chose to jointly plan for the future of their recreation assets. The plan will evaluate the surrounding recreational opportunities as well as the socio-economic status of Alpena County and the surrounding area in order to determine recreational needs of the population and to plan for improvements which fit those needs.