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Michigan Municipal League Region 7 Meeting in Houghton, Marquettee Wins Region 7 Community Excellence Award


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The Michigan Municipal League’s Region 7 Education Seminar took place in Houghton in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula May 26-27 and featured the City of Marquette winning the region’s Community Excellence Award. Marquette won for its waterfront safety initiative that included recommendations about education and awareness, beach patrols and signage. The CEA award is to recognize innovative solutions to challenges at the local level that can also be adapted by other municipalities to meet similar challenges. Read an article about Marquette’s win here: www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~%5Chom…. The event drew about 60 MML members and highlights included presentations by League CEO Dan Gilmartin, Alpena Mayor and League Board President Carol Shafto, Tony Minghine, of the League; and Samantha Harkins, of the League. The League’s Region 7 covers the state’s Upper Peninsula. As the Region 7 winner, Marquette now has a chance to win the statewide CEA honor in the Michigan Municipal League’s “Race for the Cup” competition. Read more (http://www.mml.org/awards/cea.html) about this peer-selected “Race for the Cup” contest that recognizes outstanding community services, projects and programs. Marquette will next compete against the winners of the other 6 regions during the League’s annual Convention Oct. 4-7, 2011 in Grand Rapids. Register online for the 2011 Convention starting June 1 (http://www.mml.org/events/annual_convention/). Other Regional winners so far are Paw Paw (Region 2: www.mml.org/events/blog/post/Uncork-Paw-Paw-Campaign-Wins…, Vassar (http://www.mml.org/events/blog/post/Vassars-Chill-on-the-Hill-Event-Wins-Region-5-Community-Excellence-Award.aspx), Ludington www.mml.org/newsroom/press_releases/2011-5-13-region3-cea… (Region 3); West Branch (Region 6: www.mml.org/events/blog/post/West-Branch-Wins-Region-6-Co… and Southfield (Region 1: www.mml.org/events/blog/post/Southfields-Field-Zone-Youth…. Other speakers during the Region 7 meeting were Scott MacInnes, Houghton City Manager; Mike Needham, Houghton city council member; Kim Stoker, executive director of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region; Ann Vollrath, administrative assistant for Houghton; Bob Beauprey, Munising Commissioner; Matt Newburg, attorney for Newburg Law; and State Legislators Representative Matt Huuki and Senator Tom Casperson. The region 7 event was among seven regional seminars the League is doing throughout the state as part of our 2011 MML Tour: tour.mml.org. The last regional meeting is Wednesday, June 1, in Saginaw (http://www.mml.org/events/regional/region_4.htm). The Tour culminates in October with the 2011 League Convention (http://www.mml.org/events/annual_convention/). Follow the tour on Twitter at #mmltour. Find out more about the MML Tour here: www.mml.org/events/regional/index.html to learn more about the League and what we do go to mml.org.The Regional Meetings give Michigan Municipal League members a chance to hear from League staff and state officials about the latest municipal-related legislation in Lansing and ways communities are becoming the types of areas where people want to live, work and play. For more about the League and what we do go to mml.org.

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