The winner of the 2026 Community Excellence Award is 🥁🥁🥁 STERLING HEIGHTS! Please join us in congratulating them on this wonderful accomplishment. 💙 Want to learn more about this year's winning project? Read about "Homegrown in Nelson Park" here: hubs.la/Q04B2Hfb0

It's official! Convention 2026 is underway. If you're joining us in Traverse City, stop by the registration booth for your badge and complementary #MMLConv tote. 🛍️

Want to feel inspired? Tune in to today's Live with the League show where we'll be hosting a Q&A with this year's Community Excellence Award finalists! 🏆 Watch right on FB Live or join via Zoom here: hubs.la/Q04yl96V0

Tune in to today's Live with the League show for a detailed breakdown of the race and the selections that were recently announced by Jocelyn Benson and John James. Watch at 12 p.m. EST right here on FB Live or via Zoom here: hubs.ly/Q04xmcXs0

Housing supply is important but let's not forget about resident stability! We created "Expanding Resident Ownership in Michigan" in partnership with the U of M Ford School to raise awareness on this crucial piece of the housing puzzle. 🧩🏠 Read it here: hubs.la/Q04rwpvN0

Congratulations are in order for the City of Sterling Heights! They're one of our four finalists for the 2026 Community Excellence Award. 👏🦋🌻 Learn more about "Homegrown in Nelson Park" on our People & Place blog here: hubs.la/Q04rpyG70

Because of their mini-forest, Rochester is now in the running for a BIG community honor. Please join us in congratulating them on qualifying as a finalist for the 2026 Community Excellence Award. 🌳🎊 Learn more: hubs.la/Q04rdQF-0

Can we get a round of applause for the City of Buchanan? Their Downtown Redevelopment Initiative has secured them a spot among our four 2026 Community Excellence Award finalists. 👏👏👏 Learn more about this project on our People & Place blog here: hubs.la/Q04r3nVF0

Did you hear? Berrien Springs is a 2026 Community Excellence Award Finalist! 🎊 Learn more about the Drawn to Play project on our People & Place blog here: hubs.la/Q04qVSlS0 #CommunityEngagement #CommunityExcellenceAward #Parks

Copies of the summer 2026 Review magazine are available now. Get yourself a copy, a cold drink, and celebrate America250 in style. 😎🎇 Get the digital flipping book for FREE: hubs.la/Q04pWLty0

Hey, local leaders! Want some good news? Registration for our 2026 Convention is now OPEN. Join your municipal colleagues this October in Traverse City! 🍁🎉 Be an early bird and secure your spot today: hubs.la/Q04pm-J60 #MMLConv

Contact the governor to say "no" to tying tax reform and zoning preemption to the passage of the budget: hubs.la/Q04lF8ZQ0 Learn more in the full statement from @MIcounties, MML, and @MItownships here: hubs.la/Q04lF4CB0

Now's the time to embrace partnership, not abandon it. Want to have a hand in advancing housing progress? Show your support for the MI Home Program 🏠⬇️  hubs.la/Q04lpC9l0   #PartnershipOverPreemption

While Walker residents are working hard to promote partnership-based housing solutions, there's a bill package making its way through the MI legislature that threatens to create an unprecedented erosion of local decision-making.  ⚠️ Oppose preemption:   hubs.la/Q04l598s0

As Mayor of Wayland, Jenifer Antel sees firsthand how residents are empowered when they’re given the opportunity to shape their community’s future.  🔮 On the flip side, sweeping #housing mandates disenfranchise residents from engaging in local decision-making!

Our team is in Saginaw today for some peer learning on housing. 🏘️💡🤝 #PartnershipOverPreemption

Elected officials and subject matter experts in Clinton Township and beyond recognize the need for more housing. Being at the core of the issue, they also know that overriding local voices with state-led mandates is a dangerous game to play. ⚠️    #PartnershipOverPreemption

At our recent press conference, Brenda F. Moore, Mayor of the City of Saginaw and President of the Michigan Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, weighed in on how preemption will impact her community. Want to learn more? Read the full statement from MBC-LEO below. ⬇️

The League has long advocated for positive #housing change, not through preemption, but through partnership. 🤝 The fact of the matter is that the Housing Readiness Package does not address the root of our current housing crisis. Don't be fooled by the flowery language.

We weren't allowed the opportunity to give testimony during the House GovOps Committee hearing on Thursday... but that didn't stop us from making sure our voices were heard. 📣 Learn more in our latest press release: hubs.la/Q04gSFCZ0 #PartnershipOverPreemption