Let's
Save MI, League to Host Transit Talk on Twitter TODAY
 The
Twitterverse will be the virtual location for a unique statewide
conversation on the need for a new transportation system in
Michigan. Beginning at 12 pm today, September 13, Let’s
Save Michigan and the Michigan Municipal League will host
a public forum on Twitter (using the hashtag #MiTransVision)
as legislators and leading thinkers on Michigan’s economy,
communities, and environment gather in Lansing. The event
is intended to create a consensus of ideas and suggested solutions
for Governor Snyder,who has hinted that he will unveil a new
transportation and infrastructure vision in October. MORE>
State
Affairs Update
 Community
Revitalization Program Gets First Hearing – The
Senate Economic Development Committee had the first hearing
on the creation of the new Community Revitalization Program.
This program will provide state incentive dollars for developers
in urban communities, and is a replacement for the Brownfield
and Historic credits that were eliminated earlier in the year
(but effective January 1). The program will create vouchers,
loans, and grants for eligible investments. MORE>
League
CEO Dan Gilmartin is Keynote Speaker at Annual Citizens Research
Council Meeting Friday
Super
Drunk Driving Fix Introduced
EVIP
Grants Available for Cooperative Efforts
Vendor
Presentation Sessions Offer Indepth Tips on Key Municipal
Issues
Federal Update
 President
Unveils $447 Billion Jobs Plan –
President Obama has put forth his latest proposal for creating
jobs. The $447 billion "American
Jobs Act" includes a mix of tax cuts for employers
and employees, job retraining incentives, and spending on
infrastructure, as well as funds for local governments to
retain police and firefighters. MORE>
Transportation
and Infrastructure Front and Center as Congress Returns
Federal
Highway Relents On Traffic Sign Regulations
Federal
Grant Opportunities
Rural
Development Solid Waste Grants Available
21st Century Communities
 Economics
of Place
Book Released, Available from League at Amazon – The
League has published a book on placemaking as an economic
development tool, The Economics of Place: The Value of
Building Communities Around People. View Dan Gilmartin's
Economics
of Place blog. Click
here to learn more about the book and its authors.
Federal
Grant to Help Michigan Communities Prepare for Electric Vehicles
Survey
Results on “Placemaking” and the Housing Industry
Test
a Neighborhood’s Livability with the “Popsicle
Test” and the “Halloween Test”
Michigan
Main Street Program Seeks Communities
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