June 22, 2013 10:00 AM
The next full Millennial Mayors Congress meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Hazel Park Raceway on Saturday, June 22. This meeting is only open to Congress representatives.
February 13, 2014
2014 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
The 13th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy, Equitable and Prosperous Communities Conference, to be held February 13-15, 2014 in Denver, CO. The Michigan Suburbs Alliance will be a cosponsor of this event.
Last week, the Census Bureau released new data on where people work—in contrast to where they live—offering a reminder that our regional connections aren’t limited to the fates of our Van Goghs.
Our staff spent a day at The Forge, a shared working/training space run by Pillar Technologies, a tech consulting firm that was nice enough to donate a day of staff training in Agile Project Management. We were hoping to learn how nonprofits can benefit from this relatively new technique.
In my last blog post we learned that Millennials are underrepresented in local government—and that the Millennial Mayors Congress selected the issue of Millennial (Under)Representation as its signature issue for 2013. How can the Congress actually affect what happens in the member cities’ appointment processes? With a protocol!