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August 15, 2022

Why Place Matters

Placemaking has continued to show the importance of creating a quality of life that attracts people to a community. This draw allows for better economic development. Without place, there is no community – no development. The Michigan Municipal League is…
April 16, 2021

Community Wealth Building: Taking It to Our Small Towns

“While the effects of the pandemic have been felt unevenly across Michigan communities, it has further emphasized the changing needs of our members.” Over the past year, the League has built out our evolving policy platform on Community Wealth Building.…
November 10, 2020

Rebuilding the Heart of the Community

Back in the early 1970s, Pat Lockwood fell in love with a small town in mid-Michigan. She moved to Fenton, and soon thereafter, the community passed a ballot initiative to close Leroy Street and level much of the historic downtown…
October 14, 2020

The Road to Community Wealth

(Note: The following blog by the Michigan Municipal League's Lisa Donovan is about the opening general session presentation by League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin during the League's first-ever virtual conference, Sept. 30. This article will also appear in…
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