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We hope you join us for our next Live with the League discussion noon Monday, Nov. 28. On the show we will have two guests discussing ways the Michigan Municipal League is helping communities with their green sustainability and infrastructure work. In addition, we will cover the latest legislative news [...]

The Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Recreation and Park Association (mParks) have partnered together to host a webinar on Nov 29 at 1:00pm to help you be ready to apply for the Michigan SPARK grant! In October, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) launched a $65 million Michigan [...]

The Michigan Municipal League was recently honored as a recipient of the 2022 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces Award. View the full list of top workplaces here. This recognition, which was announced in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, was a collection of firsts for the League. It was the first time [...]

Thriving Communities Program: Building Community Capacity to Take Transformative Projects from Concept to Completion Program Overview Funded with $25 million through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new Thriving Communities Program (TCP) aims to ensure that disadvantaged communities adversely or disproportionately affected by environmental, [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is issuing a Call for Exchanges as part of the Federal Aid Buyout Program based on Public Act (PA) 49 of 2022. The Federal Aid Buyout Program is a voluntary program which allows local agencies eligible to receive federal aid transportation funds under the [...]

Last week the House passed four bills to assist municipalities, developers and builders to address the state’s housing crisis. The legislation is aimed at creating partnerships between stakeholders to build and rehabilitate affordable and attainable housing. SB 362: Attainable Housing Facilities Act – Senator Winnie Brinks Local governments may create [...]

We have a lot to cover on our next Live with the League this Monday. We will discuss the Nov. 8 election results and the potential impact on local governments, what could happen with the short-term rental issue during the upcoming Lame Duck legislative session, and we have numerous proposed [...]

Consumer’s Energy and DTE Energy have shared the below-attached information for municipalities within their respective service areas. If jurisdictions are experiencing outages or electrical issues during Election Day, Consumer’s Energy and DTE Energy are ready and available to offer assistance. Please see the information below: Consumer’s Energy: Restoration of Polling [...]

In partnership with the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Townships Association, Michigan Association of Counties and the Michigan County Road Association, the Michigan Department of Treasury will host the 18th joint webinar, “Updates and Resources for Local Governments.” The Updates and Resources for Local Governments webinar series is designed to provide [...]

The importance of an accurate census is immense. The distribution of $1.5 trillion dollars in federal funds are determined by figures from the decennial census results, so it is important to achieve an accurate count to make sure local governments are getting a fair and proper allocation. Additionally, census results [...]