Michigan Municipal League_The Review_July-Aug 2022

Workshop Curriculum Participants at our Capital Conference workshop told us they would particularly like help with approaches for authentic and inclusive engagement of their residents in the decision-making process, using data to identify needs and opportunities, and maximizing their funding opportunities. We will also include curriculum on communicating and storytelling (getting in front of your own story and owning the narrative), effectively partnering, and managing new resources. In addition, our workshops will provide: • inspiration to think bigger;

Our Capital Conference workshop was packed, and members dug in to an in-depth, hands-on session focused on helping communities effectively deploy and maximize new funding resources.

• understanding on how to plan in a way that leverages all resources (ARP, BIL, and more) collectively over a time horizon; • best practice examples; and, • tangible approaches and methods to develop and execute their strategic plan.

ServeMICity and Community Wealth Building The League's work over the past fifteen years, since the financial crisis and the economic harms it wreaked, has focused on reestablishing the importance of distinct local places. It has both supported efforts to develop a strong sense of community, and ways to harness opportunities that can positively impact local communities. Our experience building programs in those areas has led us to the framework of community wealth building as a combination of the built, natural, and cultural environments bound together with mutual trust and belonging. ServeMICity is firmly rooted in current events/opportunities and is building on past programs that have been offered by the League/Foundation over the past decade plus. We are pleased to extend this service to League members and will continue to offer ServeMICity as communities navigate their way through these new funding opportunities. Shanna Draheim is the director of Policy Research Labs for the League. You may contact her at 517.908.0307 or sdraheim@mml.org. Helen D. Johnson is president of the Michigan Municipal League Foundation. You may contact her at 734.669.6336 or hjohnson@mml.org.

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JULY / AUGUST 2022

THE REVIEW