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League Member Communities Attending Convention in Marquette Share Placemaking Success Stories

League Member Communities Attending Convention in Marquette Share Placemaking Success Stories

Placemaking images from Marquette - the site of the League's 2014 Convention. Each year, the Michigan Municipal League Board president gives a welcome speech to kick-off our Convention. League President Jacqueline Noonan, Utica mayor, put her own unique spin on this year's talk that took place Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 15,...

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

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 funding our communities is broken and change is essential to...

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