Michigan Municipal League: The Review Magazine Jan-Feb 2023 Edition

“It is difficult when you are small to figure out how to pay for these things, but it is not magic. It is hard work, and it is dedication. If you believe in your team and you have the power of your community behind you, you can make great strides. Maybe you don’t have a lake in your downtown and you can’t create a beach, but every community has something. Whatever that something is, you need to figure out how to capitalize on it and bring that community together and make them proud to live there,” said LaGrow. Cassopolis proved that any community can transform itself, no matter its size, whether it is rural, urban, or somewhere in between. LaGrow joked in the CEA Cup acceptance speech: “If we are small and rural, and we can do it, you can do it!” When communities come together with the love of where they live at the forefront of everything they do, they can create change that will shape the future they want. Learn more about the Imagine Cass Project on the MML’s CEA website (cea.mml.org) and Cassopolis’ Imagine Cass Project website (imaginecass.com).

2022 CEA Finalists: Farmington Hills (see back cover) Royal Oak Traverse City

Morgan Schwanky is a content developer for the League. You many contact her at 734.669.6320 or mschwanky@mml.org.

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