Contact:
Matt Bach
Michigan Municipal League
c: (810) 874-1073; [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 25, 2022

Projects from 22 Michigan Communities Seek Votes

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – Online voting is now open in a statewide program that provides microgrants for community projects.

This year, projects from 22 Michigan communities are competing for Bridge Builders Microgrants. Voting for Bridge Builders Microgrant projects helps to shine a spotlight on your local visionaries, change-makers, and community leaders.

Voting for Bridge Builders semi-finalist projects is open from August 22 through September 4. Voting is allowed once per day, per person by anyone in Michigan. Our statewide juries will consider vote totals along with other factors when they select this year’s grantees, so get your votes in!

The Bridge Builders Microgrants program brings funding to neighborhoods and main streets across Michigan. Microgrants support collaboration between local government, small businesses, artists, and community members to lead placemaking and other creative activities in Michigan Municipal League member communities. Funded projects provide dynamic, creative activities that bring people together. To learn more about this year’s funding categories click here.

There are projects from 22 communities vying to be this year’s recipients. This year’s program anticipates awarding four Main Street Microgrants of $5,000 each, and 10 Neighborhood Microgrants of $500 each.

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.

View the details for each project and vote here: https://mmlfoundation.org/vote/.

Those with questions or those interested in partnership opportunities should contact Rachel Skylis at 734-669-6333 or [email protected].

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