The SaveMICity effort is once again returning to the Mackinac Policy Conference hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. With the generous support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Municipal League's SaveMICity message about how we need…
At the League's 2018 Capital Conference, League Deputy Executive Director & COO Tony Minghine gave the audience an Amazon wake-up call. He laid out the reasons that Detroit and Grand Rapids had virtually no chance of attracting the online mega-store's…
What's the State Treasurer's take on investing in Michigan's local governments? Find out on the most recent installment of the official SaveMICity podcast. The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine sits down with State Treasurer Nick Khouri to get his thoughts on local…
Dan Gilmartin and the Michigan Municipal League has been featured in multiple news articles recently about the funding crisis facing Michigan communities, Michigan's infrastructure and the nation's infrastructure woes in general. The coverage was sparked by recent testimony before Congress…
View more photos from the National League of Cities conference here. A contingent of local government leaders from Michigan were in Washington D.C. this week for the annual National League of Cities Congressional City Conference. The League members attending as…
NEW: Media coverage on Dan Gilmartin's testimony: Detroit Free Press: "Michigan's Lousy Roads: Congressional Panel Get an Earful" WJR Radio: Paul W. Smith Talks with Dan Gilmartin from Washington D.C. Dave Aklery Show on WILS Radio 1320: "Dan Gilmartin" News Talk 94.9 WSJM: "Municipal…
WATCH the hearing live here TODAY (March 13, 2018) at 2:30 p.m.: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/ Michigan Municipal League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin will speak before Congress in Washington D.C. this week about infrastructure needs. We all know how ferociously bad Michigan’s roads…
The latest SaveMICity podcast by the League's Anthony Minghine is now posted and focuses on building the business case for municipal finance reform. For the podcast, Minghine interviews Kent Wood of the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce. They discuss…
There is a really nice column by Rob Bacigalupi in the Traverse City Record-Eagle about Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities. Bacigalupi wrote about our state's disinvestment in our communities after hearing the Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine speak to…
There is an excellent column recently posted on Governing.com about the problem of local government retiree healthcare costs in Michigan and beyond. The column prominently features comments and suggestions to addressing the issue by the Michigan Municipal League CEO and…