Foundations for community wealth: our four pillars
As we evolve the Michigan Municipal League’s work into community [...]
Building Community Through Making Things
“Jiffy" Mix featured prominently in my childhood in Chelsea. Visually, of [...]
I do not like these trees.
Down the street from the League’s Ann Arbor offices [...]
Prospecting in the Opportunity Zone gold rush
(This piece originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue [...]
Tapping MSHDA’s Neighborhood Enhancement Program for collective action
MSHDA has recently issued a call for proposals to [...]
Scaling down Detroit’s riverfront
Thanks to the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, this year's Convention [...]
How broken municipal finance breaks local economic development
We've talked a lot about how our local communities [...]
New Jackson ordinance protects displaced rental tenants
Many of our communities have ordinances that require periodic [...]
Kalamazoo’s neighborhood zoning repairs make the code conform to the context
Last month Kalamazoo's City Commission cut down their lot [...]
Let’s fix the damn roads for ALL the damn modes.
Michigan's roads took center stage (as if they ever [...]