Michael Spence is the Policy Planner for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG).
SEMCOG is made up of a 7 county region (www.semcog.org). Its purpose is to support coordinated local planning with technical, data, and intergovernmental resources. Its plans help improve the quality of the region’s environmental resources, make the transportation system safer and more efficient, revitalize communities, and encourage economic development. SEMCOG coordinates local projects and its source of funding is from the federal and state governments that help pay for these projects.
Mr. Spence focused on two projects: (1) Walk, Bike, Drive Safe which educates the public and provides traffic accident data to its membership. (2) Parkfinder App which can be downloaded to search our 2,600 parks for activities on land and water trails.