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The legislative session that came to an end early in the morning on December 8th capped a very successful stretch for municipalities over the past two years. In recent months we have secured billion of dollars in funding for water and sewer projects, parks and recreation, housing, economic development, revenue [...]

The Michigan Municipal League wanted to let our members know about an exciting grant opportunity that could enhance the existing recreation areas in your communities by adding a fitness court. More than two dozen Michigan communities have already added these fitness courts to areas in their communities and your community [...]

Sharing this from our partners at the National League of Cities. This is a free webinar about civility in local government. We thought our members may be interested in attending virtually. While it’s geared toward NLC members, your community does not have to be an NLC member to attend for [...]

The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would provide municipalities financial relief for providing military veterans’ property tax credits, while ensuring eligible veterans continue to receive the tax relief through the current process. Senate Bills 783 and 1084 would maintain the same level of tax relief for 100% disabled veterans and would transform the [...]

Two weeks ago when the legislature was in session the House took up and passed four housing bills. Yesterday, the Michigan Senate voted to concur with the House, and the bills now head to Governor Whitmer for her signature! The legislation expands programs to allow local units of government to [...]

On Tuesday, the Michigan Senate convened for an action-packed day to move final items of legislation before the conclusion of the 2021-2022 legislative term. Among those bills was HB 5248, sponsored by Representative Steenland.  HB 5248 would eliminate the current 15,500 population cap applied to cities and villages utilizing or [...]

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, [...]