MML Review Magazine Fall 2025

Jane Dixon, AICP, NCI Principal Planner at McKenna (left), and Ashley Jankowski, AICP, Associate Planner at McKenna (right), present on how utilizing zoning ordinances can support both new and existing small businesses.

You can view all the Local Economies Initiative’s materials—including Opportunity Reports, Microbusiness Playbooks, and the Local Economies Dashboard—online at mml.org/local-economies.

The Local Economies Initiative has also partnered with Data Driven Detroit to create a “data dashboard" that brings together various data points the League uses when investigating a community to understand the challenges residents might face. While it’s not a comprehensive review of a local small business environment, it offers insights into who works in town—whether employees live locally or commute in from elsewhere—and what that might mean for housing, transit, and childcare needs. These regular, human “life factors” play a huge role in residents' ability to work for or start a small business. In the works is a League Online Learning Course, which will materials—including Opportunity Reports, Microbusiness Playbooks, and the Local Economies Dashboard—online at mml.org/local-economies Emily Landau Pinsuwan is a content writer for the League. You may contact Emily at 734-669-6320 or elandau@mml.org. discuss the research and lessons of the Initiative. You can view all the Local Economies Initiative’s

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