“Staying Home, Staying Safe” Reinforces the Importance of Having a Home
A lot of us have been spending a lot ...
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, ...
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 ...