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SUMMARY:What Could Lowell do with $1.4 Million?
DESCRIPTION:Save MICity\n\nWhat could Lowell do with $1.4 million?\nDespite revenues increasing in the state\, Michigan was the only state in the nation where state funding for communities decreased in the last decade. In Lowell\, that meant nearly $1.4 million in funds from state government was diverted from the city.\n\n \n\nMichigan Municipal League officials will be in Lowell on Thursday\, Jan. 12\, 2017\, to discuss the state's broken system for funding our communities. We also will discuss ways to fix the system and encourage attendees to share their thoughts and questions.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Anthony Minghine\, COO\, Michigan Municipal Leauge
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1 style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 36px\;"><span style="font-family: verdana\;">Save&nbsp\;MICity</span></span></h1>\n\n<h2 style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="font-size: 26px\;"><span style="background-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 205)\;">What could Lowell do with $1.4 million?</span></span></span></h2>\n<span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">Despite </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">revenues</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">increasing</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">in</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">state\,</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">Michigan</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">was</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">only</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">state</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">in</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">the nation </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">where</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">state</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">funding</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">for</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">communities</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">decreased</span><span style="font-size: medium\;"> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt\;">i</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt\;">n</span> </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">last</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">decade. </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">In</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">Lowell\,</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">that</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">meant</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">nearly</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">$1.4</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">million</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">in</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">funds</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">from</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">state</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">government </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">was</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">diverted</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">from</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">city.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">Michigan </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">Municipal</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">League</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">officials</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">will</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">be</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">in</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">Lowell</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">on</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">Thursday\,</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">Jan. 12</span></span><span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">\, </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">20</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">1</span></span><span style="font-size: medium\;">7\,</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">to</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">discuss</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">state&#39\;s</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">broken</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">system</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">for</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">fund</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.95pt\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">i</span></span><span style="font-size: medium\;">ng</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">our</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">communities. </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">We</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">also</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">will</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">discuss</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">ways</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">to</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">fix</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">the</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">system</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">and</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(17\, 17\, 17)\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">encourage </span><span style="font-size: medium\;">attendees</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">to</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">share</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">their</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">thoughts</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">and</span> <span style="font-size: medium\;">questions.<br />\n<br />\nSpeaker: Anthony Minghine\, COO\, Michigan Municipal Leauge</span></span><img alt="" height="200" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1717/Image/AnthonyMinghine.jpg" style="width: 200px\; height: 200px\;" width="200" /><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Lowell Area Schools Performing Arts Center 11700 Vergennes\, Lowell\, MI 49331
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