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Three new communities recently engaged the Michigan Municipal League for executive searches for city/village managers. These are the Village of Spring Lake (2,514) on the southwestern side of the Lower Peninsula; Essexville (3,766) in the “thumb” area and Iron River (pop. 3,386) in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Municipal League...

The Governor has announced that 27 communities throughout the state will receive $4.3 million in grants through the Economic Vitality Incentive Program.   The funding will be used by local units to help offset costs associated with service sharing or consolidation or other cooperative efforts. You’ll recall that the EVIP program...

The National League of Cities, in cooperation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is holding a webinar this Wednesday, January 25th for local governments to better understand how to use the new National Broadband Map tool The NBM tool was put in place for communities to determine the level...

During Governor Snyder’s second State of the State speech last night he discussed a few issues of importance to local communities. Personal Property Tax: Governor Snyder mentioned the need to eliminate the PPT, but also mentioned the great importance of local communities and the services they provide.  He called for...