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\"\"<\/a>Bridge Builders online voting is now open! Help shine a spotlight on your local visionaries, change-makers, and community leaders by voting for the Bridge Builders Microgrant project that inspires you.<\/p>\n

Voting for Bridge Builders semi-finalist projects is open from August 22 through September 4. Voting is allowed once per day, per person. Our statewide juries will consider vote totals along with other factors when they select this year\u2019s grantees, so get your votes in!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Bridge Builders Microgrants program offers small, one-time grants to people or organizations within Michigan Municipal League communities. These grants support the little things\u2014dynamic, creative activities that bring people together. To learn more about this year’s funding categories click here.<\/p>\n

There are projects from 22 communities vying to be this year\u2019s recipients of $500 and $5,000 in grants. The projects are in the following communities: Bridgman, Cassopolis. Cheboygan, Chelsea, Coopersville, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hancock, Harper Woods, Hastings, Iron Mountain, Lennon, Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, New Haven, Ortonville, Rochester Hills, Romeo, Romulus, and Traverse City.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,27],"tags":[116,388,389],"class_list":["post-10867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economic-development","category-municipal-services","tag-bridge-builders","tag-michigan-municipal-league","tag-michigan-municipal-league-foundation","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOnline Voting Now Open for Bridge Builders Microgrant Projects - 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