Michigan

The Michigan Municipal League Foundation announced today recipients of its Bridge Builders microgrant program. The projects supported include 17 grant recipients that reimagined the future of their communities in a way that value and celebrate individual well-being, diversity, and culture as local community assets. The Bridge Builders Project began as a pilot program in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 … Read More

When COVID-19 hit our state, and various financial assistance became available, the Michigan Municipal League launched a new program called ServeMICity to help MML members navigate this new funding. And now that the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is approved and additional support is heading your way, ServeMICity will continue to help your community. The League hopes your community … Read More

The MML Foundation is so proud of all that has been achieved with Census 2020. We were fortunate to see strong, resilient leadership in every corner of our State. And we were privileged to work with an array of great partners including our funding partners: DTE Foundation, AT&T, Consumer’s Energy, Delta Dental, Michigan Energy First, and the Michigan Regional Council … Read More

At the MML Foundation, we believe that a civically engaged community is key to sparking and sustaining positive change and growth in Michigan’s cities. As 2020 continues to bring hardship and uncertainty, we see deepening divisions highlighted in the news, and a sense of hopelessness, as individuals, over the state of our world. Despite that, we have seen neighbors coming … Read More

In February of 2019, I started a new creative journey. For years, I’d wanted to make sourdough bread. I grew up in a home where homemade bread was the norm, but we’d never done sourdough. I fell in love with the flavor of sourdough as an adult and wanted to produce THAT at home, but the timing had just never … Read More