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June 26, 2014

Making Place in Downtown Berkley

Berkley Art Bash attendees take a break on patio furniture rented by the placemaking committee. Kids share their ideas of what they'd like to see in the space. As part of the League's placemaking work, we recently partnered with the…

June 13, 2014

Public Art Project Inspires, Energizes St. Joseph

Susan Solon beams with pride as she thumbs through a family photo album on her desk at St. Joseph City Hall. And it's not even her family. It's a photo album that the Belz family of Kalamazoo gave Solon, St.…

May 7, 2014

Celebrating Jane Jacobs through Jane’s Walk

Throughout the first weekend of May, it is a time to celebrate Jane Jacobs, an inspirational leader among urban thinkers. It is celebrated through an event called Jane's Walk. These urban walks are locally led walks giving residents the opportunity…

May 1, 2014

Marquette PlacePlans – Baraga Avenue

Marquette's Baraga Avenue two-day charrette was aptly summarized by one participant as, "... a great process, synthesizing the idealistic with the pragmatic." Baraga Avenue's location as the first primary street entering Marquette's downtown and situated across from continuing well-planned and…

April 9, 2014

A Foolish Celebration – Bringing Art to the Streets

A Foolish Celebration – Bringing Art to the Streets from Michigan Municipal League on Vimeo. I got goose bumps watching giant paper mache creatures come to life, limited only by their creator's imagination. It was the 8th annual Festifools, an…

March 26, 2014

Michigan Community Excellence Award Finalists Show How Placemaking Can Come in Many Forms

Representatives of the seven regional CEA communities are (from left) Gladstone Mayor Pro Tem Hugo Mattonen; Fenton Mayor Sue Osborn; Ithaca Councilmember L.D. Hollenbeck; Grandville Mayor Pro Tem Josh Meringa; East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett; Cadillac Mayor Carla Filkins; and…

February 13, 2014

Great Placemaking Message from Lansing State Journal: ‘Michigan Needs Its Cities to Thrive’

A street artist performs in downtown Flint. There was an excellent editorial in Thursday's (Feb. 13, 2014) Lansing State Journal about the value of Michigan's cities (aka placemaking: placemaking.mml.org) to our state's economic recovery. You can read the editorial here…

January 27, 2014

Michigan Municipal League President: Placemaking is Key to Fixing State’s Broken Municipal Finance System

Utica Mayor Jacqueline Noonan discusses the League's Partnership for Place initiative. When it comes to the value of placemaking and how it ties to municipal financing in Michigan, Utica Mayor Jacqueline Noonan doesn't mince words: "The state's current system of…

January 22, 2014

New UM Study Shows More Michigan Communities Embracing Placemaking as Economic Driver

Brighton is one of many Michigan cities to embrace the placemaking concept. A new study released today (Jan. 22, 2014) by the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy shows that more local governments than ever before are utilizing…

January 21, 2014

Better Communities. Better Michigan. The Podcast!

Welcome to Better Communities Better Michigan - the Podcast! The Michigan Municipal League is the one clear voice for Michigan communities, working in Lansing and throughout the state for the unique and vibrant places where people want to live. From…

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