Consumers Energy Foundation s Put Your Town on the Map Competition Awards $50,000 to Three Community Projects
Comins Township, Pinckney, Alma Receive Funds to Promote Local Development
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JACKSON, Mich., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Michigan communities in Oscoda, Livingston and Gratiot counties are receiving a total of $50,000 for projects designed to make smaller Michigan communities better places to live and work after winning the Consumers Energy Foundation s 2021 Put Your Town on the Map competition.
Comins Township received $25,000 for first place, Pinckney received $15,000 as runner-up, and Alma received $10,000. Other finalists included projects in Clare, Fowlerville, Galesburg, Manistee, Marshall, Sanford and Vassar.
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March 15, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com
The Village of Pinckney is one of ten finalists in a pitch competition called Put Your Town on the Map .
The competition is sponsored by Consumer s Energy and required a short pitch of a project that would create momentum that builds a stronger sense of community .
Village President Rebecca Foster said she had been researching community gardens in other municipalities, and at the same time, interest in a community garden popped up on various social media forums, so everything sort of aligned. A core group of Village residents, as well as Putnam and Hamburg Township community members, held a brain-storming session that resulted in a proposal to utilize the DDA-owned vacant lot at 135 West Main Street.
After the relaunch of the Consumers Energy Foundation’s “Put Your Town on the Map” competition in February, one area city is in the running to receive a grant for a project to build their community.
The Jackson-based electric company announced that Marshall is one of 10 finalists in Michigan that could receive up to $25,000 in the grant, half of the money available in the competition. There are two other prizes of $15,000 and $10,000 for the top three cities.
The Put Your Town on the Map competition provides grants through the Consumers Energy Foundation for cities and villages that have a population of up to 10,000 people that have projects that can build strong communities.
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