The League's SaveMICity initiative has long contended that Michigan's system for funding municipalities is broken and doesn't track with the economy. In a Detroit News column on that subject, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) posed this question: If…
The state of city infrastructure was high on the agenda when League CEO Dan Gilmartin and League President Catherine Bostick-Tullius headed to Washington, D.C. recently for National League of Cities meetings, led by NLC CEO/Executive Director Clarence Anthony. Along with…
President Trump recently released his administration's infrastructure proposal. It relies heavily on attracting a large amount of money from states, municipalities, and private investors to generate $1.5 trillion to upgrade the country's highways, airports, and railroads. The Trump plan further exacerbates…
New: Watch Anthony Minghine's Traverse City presentation here The Michigan Municipal League's SaveMICity initiative received some excellent media coverage over the last few days over our presentation in Traverse City about the state's broken system for funding municipalities. The League's…
With the federal government budget shutdown still ongoing, we thought now is as relevant time as any to remind our readers that local government remains open for business. Ithaca N.Y. Mayor Svante Myrick stated it best when he posted this…
Real nice press release by Katy Garavaglia about our SaveMICity tour happening in Traverse City next week. Huge shout out of appreciation to the City of Traverse City, particularly Benjamin Marentette, Mayor Jim Carruthers, Commissioner Richard Lewis, Michigan Municipal League…
Michigan has the assets it needs to grow hundreds of businesses and tens of thousands of jobs in the fast growing sectors of energy, water, food, transportation, IT/communications and health care, and garner a large portion of global business markets…
The SaveMICity initiative is extremely excited to launch the SaveMICity Podcast! The first podcast was went online this week and you can listen to it anytime here: https://mmleague.podbean.com/e/savemicity-financial-challenges-that-communities-are-facing-episode-1-1515613291/. The SaveMICity Podcast, hosted by the League's Anthony Minghine, Deputy Executive Director and…
The Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine will be in Traverse City for two days later this month for a series of presentations about how the state's system for funding municipalities is broken and needs to be fixed. Minghine, COO and…
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan has issued a new report about the implications of state budget issues on local governments. This report, titled Challenges Ahead in Balancing the State Budget, is very much in line with the SaveMICity messaging about…