Partnerships for Change Program Awards Six New Service Grants to Local Communities !

The Partnerships for Change Program is delighted to announce that six communities have been awarded professional service & technical assisstance grants to help foster productice chnages in their shared communities.

The service Grants were awarded to:

Farmington Community - To Assist in the development of a Corridor Authority

Tri-County Community (Lansing) - To assist in the development of a comprehensive study to establish a service growth boundary

Suttons Bay Community - To assist in the development of a new joint zoning ordinance

Heart of the Lakes Community (Brooklyn) - To help clarify and organize potential cooperative planning options

East Manistee County Community - To help clarify and organize potential cooperative planning options

What Services Are Available?

Services include expert facilitation, policy research, technical support, mapping, geographic analyses, writting, facilitation and plan development, and training and education.

When to Apply?

Proposals for First Step Service Grants may be submitted at any time until June 1, 2010.

How to Apply?

Mail applications to:

Partnerships for Chnage Sustainable Communities

Land Information Access Association

324 Munson Ave.

Traverse City, MI 49686

You may also submit applications, as Adobe Acrobat .pdf documents, to partnerships@liaa.org.

Program Information

Details about the Partnership For Change Sustainable Community Grant Program, including First Step Projects, Small-Scale and Large-Scale Service Grants and the new Request For Proposals (grant application) can found here.  

How Partnerships for Change Can Help Your Community

In early January 2009, over 50 local government officials participated in LIAA's three informative WEBINARS: How Partnerships for Change Can Help Your Community.  Download the webinar presentation here.

The WEBINARS were designed to help local officials become better acquainted with the Partnerships for Change (PfC) Sustainable Communities Program and provide information on how to apply for a service grant.

The Program 

Developed by the Land Information Access Association (LIAA), Michigan Municipal League (MML), the Michigan Townships Association (MTA), Michigan State University Extension (MSUE), and Michigan Association of Planning (MAP), the overall mission of the program is to foster new and expanded cooperation between cities, townships and villages in developing and carrying out local land use policies that contribute to the preservation of cultural and natural resources.

Cooperative Land Use Planning

Download our new publication: Breaking Down Barriers to Cooperative Land Use Planning (PDF, 4 MB).  This attractive 16 page booklet provides a quick summary of the program including lessons learned and progress made through July, 2007. 

Program Sponsors

Partnerships for Change is generously funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Americana Foundation, C.S. Mott Foundation, Department of Environmental Quality's Coastal Management Program, Michigan Municipal League, and Michigan Townships Association. Thanks to this support, LIAA and its project partners will be able to offer extensive professional planning support and technical assistance to selected communities.