Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation:
http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/interlocal_coop/
This site is designed to be a repository for papers, datasets, articles, and other materials focused on interlocal services cooperation. Our interest is in facilitating the exchange of information on this important topic among academics and practitioners from across the country. Interested parties are encouraged to submit materials to this site. This site is an outgrowth of the Creating Collaborative Communities conference held at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, October 31 - November 1, 2005.

Michigan Centers for Regional Excellence Program
http://www.michigan.gov/cre/

Michigan Citizens Research Council (CRC)
http://surveys.crcmich.org/
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan has received major grants from five Michigan foundations to undertake a large study of local government financial conditions, service delivery, and opportunities for intergovernmental cooperation in the provision of those services.

CRC Survey of County Government Services
http://surveys.crcmich.org/catalog/counties/survey.pdf