FACT Awards 2007 Community Vitality Grants

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FACT funded Community Vitality Grant projects for 2007 are:

Land Use Attitudes in the Tri-County Area
Project Leaders: Maria Lapinski, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Ellen Bassett, MSU Urban and Regional Planning Program, Paul Kindel, MSU Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Erin Maloney, MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Project goal: Surveying the attitudes of citizens and policy makers toward land-use and land-preservation millages, and creating appropriate messages to communicate with a wide range of audiences and interests.

Social Entrepreneurship in the Food System
Project Leaders: Wynne Wright, MSU Department of Sociology, Barb Mutch, MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Julia Darnton, MSU Extension, Southeast Region, and Mike Score, MSU Extension, Southeast Region
Project goal: Wynne Wright, MSU Department of Sociology, Barb Mutch, MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Julia Darnton, MSU Extension, Southeast Region, and Mike Score, MSU Extension, Southeast Region

Educating Children in Landscape Planning
Project Leaders: Patricia L. Machemer, MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Jessica J. Moy, MSU Department of Geography, and A Newago County community
Project goal: Developing a landscape and land use curriculum for middle school students.

Constraints to Red Meat Entrepreneurship
Project Leaders: Craig Harris, MSU Department of Sociology and National Food Safety/ Toxicology Center, David S. Conner, MSU Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies, Andrew Knight and Michelle Worosz, MSU National Food Safety/Toxicology Center
Project goal: Increasing the viability of specialty red meat production and identifying both the constraints to market development and the potential entrepreneurial opportunities.

Creating Entrepreneurial Communities
Project Leaders: Laurie A. Van Egeren and Diane M. Doberneck, MSU Office of University Outreach and Engagement, Barbara S. Fails, MSU Department of Horticulture, Julie A. Avery, MSU Museum, and Nine Michigan community partner sites selected through a competitive application process
Project goal: Creating a program for the training and development of entrepreneurial community teams and identifying the qualities that best predict community readiness.

From Science to Action: A Cleaner Red Cedar
Project Leaders: Tracy Dobson, MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Anne Ferguson, MSU Department of Anthropology, Cyndi Roper, Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Action, and Patrick Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner
Project goal: Tracy Dobson, MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Anne Ferguson, MSU Department of Anthropology, Cyndi Roper, Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Action, and Patrick Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner

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