A recent article in Chief Executive magazine highlights a report on the key factors that contribute to a successful city. While business activity, cultural experiences and political engagement made the list, their assessment shows the biggest contributor to a successful city is talent. The…
On the most-recent SaveMICity podcast, the League’s Deputy Executive Director & COO Tony Minghine sits down with Flint Councilmember Monica Galloway to discuss what she learned from SaveMICity’s ambassador program and how its mission applies directly to her community. Galloway…
A new survey from The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the University of Michigan shows the link between poverty, unmet needs and the availability of public resources in communities. The findings revealed that poverty is widespread…
Now in its third year, the SaveMICity initiative is starting to see success toward our goal of reforming Michigan’s broken system for funding its communities. We’ve seen this success in words. We’ve seen it in legislative action. And we feel…
SaveMICity ambassador Monica Galloway visited the village of Elkton to discuss the broken system for funding municipalities, how that system affects the village and the importance of the SaveMICity initiative. SaveMICity ambassadors around the state are working around the state…
Cities around Michigan are reaping the benefits of private investment, thanks to the momentum first created by public investment. These examples show how when public resources are leveraged in our cities, private investment and economic growth follow. Two recent articles…
A new study from Michigan State University examines how Flint and Detroit’s dependency on nonprofits has increased as the size of local government has decreased significantly, far outpacing population decline. The study showed both Detroit and Flint have lost over…
Michigan Municipal League’s very own Tony Minghine appeared on The Craig Fahle Show on Deadline Detroit for an in-depth discussion of municipal finance and SaveMICity, and our advocacy for major changes in how we fund our cities, villages and townships.…
The Craig Fahle Show, a statewide podcast featured on Deadline Detroit, reports the state of Michigan has been shortchanging Michigan citizens for the past 20 years by chronically reducing revenues to local cities and towns. Listen to the excellent podcast…
[arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSeJqeaxAKY" align="center" title="Rep. Kara Hope Offers Revenue Sharing Budget Amendment"/] This week on the floor of the Michigan House, Representative Kara Hope made an impassioned case for one of her core issues: revenue sharing. While advocating for her…