MML Review Magazine Fall 2024

The official magazine of the

Fall 2024

Volume 97, Number 5

Visit mml.org for the electronic version of the magazine and past issues.

07

10

22

17

Features

Columns

On The Cover Across four departments and three generations, “We Love Where You Live”—League staff and some of the places and festivals they love. Bottom l-r: Ann Arbor Summer Festival— Millennial Margaret Mooney, membership associate; Saline Celtic Festival—Gen X Kim Cekola, research specialist/editor; Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival— Millennial Shelly Shields, finance director for risk management services Top l-r: Great White Buffalo Brewing Company, Northville—Baby Boomer Chris Johnson, general counsel; City of Traverse City—Millennial Josh Hartley, user interface designer; Pictured Rocks, Munising— Millennial Sarah Martin, event planner Special guest: Coco Johnson, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

7 Daring to Dream in Deerfield By Morgan Schwanky 10 Leveraging your Community’s History By Robert Myers 17 Michigan Municipal League 2024 Impact Report 22 Convention 2024 Highlights

05 Executive Director 29 Legal Spotlight 30 Northern Field Report 32 Municipal Finance 35 Municipal Q&A 36 Lab Report

E

T

D

N

I

O

R

N

P

Follow Us:

R

E

C

R

Y

E

C

P

L

A

E

P

D

2 |

| Fall 2024