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Plan was completed by students as part of the requirements for UP 483, Historic Preservation Planning, Michigan State University. Plan was designed to educate the citizens of Big Rapids about their heritage and the physical legacy that remains in the form of structures and open spaces within the city, and to guide decisions regarding the city's historic resources.
Purpose of plan is to identify, define and highlight the elements which give historic character to Big Rapids. Three alternative plans are presented. Also follow-up plan entitled Big Rapids Preservation Plan was created in Spring 1995.
Plan creates a blueprint for the implementation of a successful historic district and sets into place an element of sustainability. This plan follows the Fall 1994 report entitled Big Rapids, Michigan Historic Preservation Plan. Implementation report is a student project practicum report for UP 486, Spring 1995.
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