Prospecting in the Opportunity Zone gold rush
(This piece originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue [...]
Michigan is Leading the Way with the Next Phase of Crowdfunding: Community Capital Investment
The cover for the new crowdfunding report. [...]
Tapping MSHDA’s Neighborhood Enhancement Program for collective action
MSHDA has recently issued a call for proposals to [...]
How Detroit Built a Better Preservation Playbook
Detroit is midstride in its great comeback, emerging like [...]
How broken municipal finance breaks local economic development
We've talked a lot about how our local communities [...]
Modular Housing – Really?!
League staff have recently helped educate legislators on the [...]
Why is it So Damn Expensive to Build?
Okay, you're right. It costs the earth to build [...]
Michigan Municipal League’s Review Magazine Honored in Diamond Award Program
The Michigan Municipal League received a statewide honor recently [...]
The High Costs of New Construction
We at the Civic Labs have been talking for [...]
‘Put Your Town on the Map’ Pitch Competition Now Underway
Our friends at Consumers Energy asked the Michigan Municipal [...]