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December 7, 2022

Grant Funding Available to Add Fitness Courts to Your Communities

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…

November 30, 2022

National Civility Summit for Local Government is Dec. 7 – Free for All Attendees

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…

November 30, 2022

Veteran Property Tax Exemption Bills Pass Senate

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…

November 30, 2022

Senate Concurs in Housing Bills

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…

November 30, 2022

PA 33 Population Cap on Municipalities Removed With Passage of HB 5248

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…

November 25, 2022

Next Live with the League is this Monday, Nov. 28, at Noon

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…

November 22, 2022

Webinar Alert! DNR Spark Grant Opportunity: A Deeper Dive

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…

November 21, 2022

MML Honors Members in Receiving 2022 Top Workplace Award by Detroit Free Press

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…

November 18, 2022

Thriving Communities Program: Letter of Interest Due December 6

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…

November 18, 2022

2024 Federal Aid Buyout Program Call

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…

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