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September 23, 2013

Transportation Asset Management Fall Conference

The Annual Fall Asset Management Conference will be taking place in Escanaba, Michigan on Thursday October 24th. This will be a great opportunity for you or DPW/City Engineer to get caught up to date on the latest in Transportation Asset…

September 11, 2013

League Testifies in Support of Vulnerable Roadway User Legislation

Today the Michigan Municipal League offered their support for legislation that would help strengthen protections for Vulnerable Roadway Users such as pedestrians and bicyclists. Under HB 4792 and HB 4799 a person who commits a moving violation and injures or…

August 26, 2013

DEQ to Offer Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater (SAW) Grant Seminars

The DEQ is now offering grants for stormwater and wastewater asset management plan development, stormwater management plan development, sewage collection and treatment plan development, and state funded loans to construct projects identified in an asset management plan or stromwater management…

August 26, 2013

Applications Being Accepted for Federal Lands Access Program

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Eastern Federal Lands (EFL) Division will be accepting applications for Federal Lands Access Program funding via electronic submittal through October 4, 2013. Projects eligible for FLAP funding include transportation facilities such as public highway, road,…

August 16, 2013

Affordable Care Act Local Government Toolkit Now Available

The US Department of Health and Human Services has just released a toolkit for local governments to understand and implement the Affordable Care Act. The toolkit includes an overview of the Affordable Care Act, a sample outreach and enrollment plan…

August 14, 2013

Learning Session on Affordable Care Act on August 28th at 2:00pm

"The Affordable Care Act and Your City" is a learning session being hosted by the National League of Cities and The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, August 28th at 2:00pm. Beginning October 1, 2013, a new Health…

August 12, 2013

Governor Snyder announces Regional Prosperity Initiative

The Governor Snyder administration has announced a new regional initiative. Dubbed "Regional Prosperity Initiative" the effort is meant to better coordinate service delivery and strengthen local economies through greater regional collaboration. The initiative, first unveiled in the Governor's 2014 budget…

August 6, 2013

Michigan Municipal League’s Partnership for Place Agenda Presented to State Lawmakers

Samantha Harkins discusses the League's Partnership for Place legislative agenda today in Lansing.Michigan Municipal League staff members met with key state lawmakers today in Lansing about the League's new proactive legislative agenda, called the Partnership for Place. You can check…

July 23, 2013

League Issues Joint Letter with Administration on Municipal Bonds to Congress

League CEO Dan Gilmartin has signed on with MSHDA's CEO Scott Woosley in a letter to Michigan's Congressional delegation regarding the critical importance of keeping municipal bonds tax exempt as Congress debates federal tax reform. The letter (attached) was distributed from Governor Snyder's Washington DC…

July 11, 2013

House Appropriations Committee Votes to Cut CDBG Funds in Half

The US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development voted to cut Community Development Block grant (CDBG) funding to communities in half from $3.08 Billion in 2013 to $1.6 Billion in 2014. This reduction is on top of the…

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