Partnership for Place Archives

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 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…

October 3, 2018

Dan Gilmartin to Discuss Building Great Communities at Vermont League of Cities & Towns Conference

Dan Gilmartin is a keynote speaker at the 2018 Vermonth League of Cities & Towns Townfair 2018 taking place this week. Dan Gilmartin, the CEO and executive director for the Michigan Municipal League, will be in Vermont this week as…

May 18, 2018

MSHDA seeks communities help to spread word about Step Forward homeownership program

Our friends at MSHDA asked the Michigan Municipal League to help them spread the word about this home ownership program: From Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Since 2010, the Step Forward Michigan program has been helping Michiganders recover from the…

April 26, 2016

A Collective Vision for Hazel Park

For the past two years, several of us at the League have had the privilege of participating on the CNU24 Local Planning Committee with a passionate group of urbanists. As the one clear voice for cities and villages of Michigan,…

August 5, 2015

Realtors say we don’t have the homes people want

When my wife and I bought our home, we were hoping to find something like a duplex or condo in walking distance to downtown Ypsilanti—to no avail. While there were dozens of single-family homes available at the time, only one…

March 13, 2015

Placemaking Workshops

Placemaking can take on many theoretical definitions, but in practice, placemaking includes things like a farmers market, family-friendly parks, interesting small businesses, great restaurants, walkable downtowns, and streets lined with trees. Placemaking is what matters most to people. According to…

December 11, 2014

Year in Review: The Best Placemaking Reports of 2014

Placemaking is such a buzz word of 2014 - and that's a good thing! Placemaking awareness has been on the rise for the past few years, but themes, ideas, and policies are now more generally accepted and promoted. Placemaking is…

August 13, 2014

League’s Partnership for Place Animated Video Shown at Capital Conference Wins National Award

Partnership for Place from Michigan Municipal League on Vimeo. Watch the award-winning video. The Michigan Municipal League's animated Partnership for Place video shown at the start of 2014 Capital Conference received the highest award possible in the national 2014 Videographer…

August 6, 2014

Michigan Main Street Report Highlights Economic Impact

The Michigan Main Street Center recently published Ten Years of Excellence: The Economic Impacts of Main Street in Michigan. With more than 45 communities participating in the program, benefits have spread across the state. Michigan Main Street participant Boyne City is…

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