Michigan Green Communities Events

Annual Conference

View agendas, videos, and presentation slides from previous annual conferences:

Monthly Webinars

Since its inception, Michigan Green Communities has held regular webinars where local governments and their partners share about projects underway in their communities. The webinars provide a forum for sharing lessons learned, getting questions answered, and highlighting best practices. Topics covered include:

Framing sustainability for the public
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing
Community energy planning
Plug-in electric vehicle community preparedness plan
Employee engagement programs
Promoting green infrastructure through the zoning ordinance
Lessons learned from a stormwater utility
Best practices for recycling programs
Town-gown sustainability partnerships
Regional sustainability planning

Have a project you’d like to present or a topic you’d like us to cover? Contact MGC with ideas.

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Michigan Green Communities
Leadership Academy

MGC partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Communities to present the Michigan Green Communities Leadership Academy: Advancing Sustainability and Economic Development on July 16 and 17, 2012. The event brought together teams of 3-5 people from 18 communities for an intensive peer-learning and sharing workshop.

View a workshop synopsis and resources.

Ann Arbor SPARK, The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, MEDC Michigan Energy Office, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Siemens, Summit Foundation, and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network provided support for the event.

Regional Workshops

In February 2012, Michigan Green Communities partnered with the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and the Regional Energy Demonstration Centers to host a series of day-long workshops. The workshops brought together local government staff and their nonprofit partners from within smaller areas to share success stories and lessons learned, and to build relationships within each region. View resources from the regional workshops.