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501(c)(3) nonprofit community service organization. Our Mission: Helping people shape better communities through participation, education, information and the effective use of technology.
LIAA Spotlight 
Executive Director Joe VanderMeulen recently conducted interviews on leadership with dozens of mayors and city managers across Michigan. Read all about it in The Review, the official magazine of the Michigan Municipal League.
GIS Specialist Paul Riess has been elected to the board of directors for IMAGIN, a statewide organization that advances the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatially referenced information in Michigan.
Community Planner Harry Burkholder has been appointed to the board of the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority (DDA). The DDA serves as the economic development agency for downtown Traverse City.
Graphic Designer Kaye Krapohl was selected to the prestigious Artist-in-Residence Program at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Kaye donated an original oil painting from her stay to the park's permanent collection.
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Ecorse Emerges: New Video Tells a Story of Hope as Citizens Prepare for an End to Emergency Financial Management
Friday, January 13, 2012
 LIAA has produced a short documentary film detailing the development of a citizen-led vision for the City of Ecorse as the downriver Detroit community prepares to emerge from emergency financial management. “ Ecorse Emerges” is a 24-minute film chronicling an intensive community visioning process designed and facilitated by LIAA in cooperation with the Michigan Municipal League (MML) and community leaders. The process, known as Envision Ecorse, brought community residents together to define a shared vision and set goals for the future of Ecorse. The citizen-led effort will help guide the actions of public officials, civic leaders and others well into the future, providing a foundation for the city’s transition away from emergency management and providing a blueprint for for civic engagement in communities across Michigan. Read the news release and this great post from the Economics of Place blog.
LIAA Closed for Holiday Season
Thursday, December 22, 2011
LIAA will close on Friday, December 23 and re-open on Monday, January 2. Community Center website users that need assistance should email support@liaa.org, or call and leave Jim Muratzki (x108) or Rob Astor (x104) a voice mail message. Our phone system will notify us of received messages, and we will respond quickly. We wish everyone a merry holiday season, and a Happy New Year!
Northern Michigan Teens: Take Your Talents to TV!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The 2012 UpNorthTV Teleganza Teen Talent Search is underway. Singers and musicians age 13-18 can submit audition recordings now through January 15 through the event website at www.teleganza.org. The City Opera House in Traverse City will host the competition March 1-3, with cash prizes and a free studio recording session on the line. All performances will also be shown live on UpNorthTV and streamed live at upnorthmedia.org. Visit the UpNorthTV Teleganza website for more info.
Don't Miss the Partnerships for Change Community Collaboration Summit December 6 in Kalamazoo
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
 Seven Years of Hard-Earned Experience... Yours in One Night!
Collaborating for Better Communities: Practical Lessons & Emerging Opportunities for Intergovernmental Cooperation in Michigan Join MML Executive Director Daniel Gilmartin, MTA Executive Director Larry Merrill, LIAA Executive Director Joe VanderMeulen, and your peers from local governments across Michigan who have already taken the plunge! Discuss real-world examples of cooperative action to reduce redundancies, achieve economies of scale, attract funding and investment, and more. Register today! Tuesday, December 6, 2011
6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (Light Dinner at 5 p.m.)
Radisson Plaza Hotel, Kalamazoo, Michigan
MORE INFO From the Kalamazoo Gazette: Statewide summit in Kalamazoo to focus on government collaboration
Website Designed by LIAA Recognized with Prestigious National Trailblazer Award
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A collaborative regional tourism website designed by LIAA has again received top national honors for helping to support economic growth and community sustainability along Michigan’s Lake Huron coast. On the heels of a 2011 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), the Northeast Michigan Council of Governments (NEMCOG) received NADO's 2011 Trailblazer Award for the US 23 Heritage Route program, a six-county collaboration that works to promote coastal northeast Michigan along the 200-mile-long US 23 Heritage Route corridor. Visit the site and learn more at www.heritage23.org.
Candidate Forum Tuesday, October 11 in Traverse City
Come to the Candidate Forum
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
The Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around People
Thursday, September 15, 2011
LIAA's expertise has been tapped for a new book that presents a compelling path to restoring and building prosperity in Michigan communities. Published by the Michigan Municipal League, “The Economics of Place” includes expert perspectives from researchers, entrepreneurs, practitioners and urbanists on the importance of place and its vital role as an economic growth strategy. Dr. Joe VanderMeulen, executive director of LIAA, contributed a chapter on placemaking and resilient communities.
Website Designed by LIAA Receives National Recognition
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
A collaborative regional tourism website designed by LIAA has received national recognition for helping to support economic growth and community sustainability along Michigan’s Lake Huron coast. The Northeast Michigan Council of Governments (NEMCOG) won a 2011 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) for the US 23 Heritage Route program, a six-county collaboration that works to promote coastal northeast Michigan along the 200-mile US 23 Heritage Route corridor. LIAA designed and built the program’s popular website at www.heritage23.org. The site allows citizen editors from all over the region to identify, locate, describe and categorize community assets that are important to them and would be of interest to visitors. Visitors to the site can navigate and search the Heritage Route and surrounding areas, produce sharable customized maps, and create itineraries for trips around the spectacular Sunrise Coast.
Michigan Township News: LIAA Reports on Intergovernmental Cooperation in Michigan
Michigan Townships Association
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Envision Ecorse! A Community Conversation about the Future of Ecorse (includes video)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
LIAA and the Michigan Municipal League (MML) facilitated a community-wide conversation about the future of the City of Ecorse in southeast Michigan. Community residents worked together to define a shared vision and future-oriented goals for the city. With citizen support, the vision and goals will help encourage and guide the actions of city council members, public officials, civic leaders and others well into the future. Check out the Envision Ecorse video we made to celebrate the kick-off of the project!
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