January 2019 - Placemaking MML

January 24, 2019

Michigan Municipal League’s Review Magazine Honored in Diamond Award Program

The Michigan Municipal League received a statewide honor recently for The Review magazine, which focuses on placemaking activities and programs of League member communities as well as other topics. The League received a Gold Certificate for its magazine in the…

January 23, 2019

The High Costs of New Construction

We at the Civic Labs have been talking for some time now about how Michigan needs more housing. Or rather, that we have an abundance of single family housing choices across the broad geographies of our state, but lack the…

January 23, 2019

Let’s fix the damn roads for ALL the damn modes.

Michigan's roads took center stage (as if they ever leave it?) in this past November's election, as now-Governor Gretchen Whitmer's "Fix the damn roads," slogan struck an obvious chord. While the need for pavement maintenance is obvious, it's only one…

January 22, 2019

‘Put Your Town on the Map’ Pitch Competition Now Underway

Our friends at Consumers Energy asked the Michigan Municipal League to share with our members news about the company's "Put Your Town on the Map" Pitch competition. Here are the details announced by Consumers Energy last week: The "Put Your…

January 18, 2019

Play Everywhere Challenge Application Period Now Open

Does your southeast Michigan community have an idea for a creative public space that encourages active play of people of all ages? Do you think you could come up with such an idea? If you can yes to either of…

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Monthly Archives: January 2019

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