Welcome to the Region 2 Planning Commission (R2PC)
The Region 2 Planning Commission is a voluntary local governmental association serving Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties in south-central Michigan. Region 2 serves as a planning, research, and advisory resource to its member units of government. Staff provides a variety of professional planning services which benefit member communities:
Transportation Planning
Economic Development
Community Planning Assistance
What can the R2PC do for your community?
The Region 2 Planning Commission (R2PC) was created to assist its member units of government. The most visible outcome of this charge is the community planning assistance provided by staff. Region 2 planners have been helping local governments to develop, adopt, and implement master plans, zoning ordinances, and other planning and zoning resources for decades.
Although the other services provided by the R2PC may not be as visible as community planning assistance, they are just as important to the region and your municipality. For example, the behind-the-scenes work performed by Region 2 staff facilitates the acquisition and expenditure of federal and state funding in two key areas throughout the three counties:
Transportation. The R2PC serves as the Jackson metropolitan area’s MPO, which facilitates all federal and state funding for transportation improvements throughout Jackson County and the Region 2 Rural Task Force, which facilitates the allocation of rural federal and state transportation funds throughout the entire region.
Economic Development. Region 2 planners have been working with the U.S. Economic Development Agency to establish Region 2 as an Economic Development District (EDD) which will make local governments eligible for federal economic development funding.
The organizaton and its staff has provided planning services to member units of government for over five decades, Please refer to the following webpages for more information on the proessional planning services provided by the staff of the Region 2 Planning Commission as well as the organization and history and background of the organization:
The Full Commission met on January 12, 2012 at the main branch of the Lenawee County Library at 2:00 pm. ‘Click’ here to download a PDF of the full agenda packet ‘Click’ here to download a PDF of the meeting minutes (coming soon) ‘Click’ here to view the Wind Energy presentation or download a PDF ‘Click’ here to view the Zoning Board of Appeals presentation a PDF
1/4/2012
Walkable Communities Task Force
The Walkable Communities Task Force will be meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 12 Noon at disAbility Connections, 409 Linden Avenue, Jackson. For the agenda and other pertinent information, click here.
12/16/2011
FY 2011 Obligated Project Listing
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires that "an Annual Listing of projects, for which federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the metropolitan planning organization [MPO] for public review." As the MPO for the Jackson Metropolitan Area, the R2PC is pleased to provide a listing of all the projects in Jackson County "obligated" during Fiscal Year 2011 (October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011). Please note that the FY 2011 list is much smaller than the FY 2010 list because there were no special funding programs in FY 2011. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) ended in 2009. This program provided several million dollars to Jackson County in FY 2009 and FY 2010. Please ‘click’ here to view and/or print the report.
12/15/2011
Form-Based Codes (FBCs)
An alternative to traditional Euclidian-based zoning, FBCs place a greater emphasis on the form development takes rather than its use. This makes a Form-Based Code (FBC) a great alternative for those communities who want to retrofit portions of their zoning ordinance in order to allow for infill development which is more compatible with the existing built environment. R2PC staff recently invested in some training on FBCs:
