The Michigan Downtown Conference is looking for presenters for this year’s conference. Presentation proposals should relate to current downtown issues, best practices, and challenges. The conference planning committee encourages presentations on topics that you feel will benefit Michigan’s downtowns. Guidelines for submitting your presentation are available here on the conference website.
The deadline for proposals is May 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm.
Questions can be directed to Sara Folland: (989) 660-0409.
Are you attending this year’s Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing? If so, please visit us at our booth and consider attending one (or more) of the many sessions CEDAM helped organize this year. Sessions range from interactive (Poverty Simulation) to informative (Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite) to fun (Inter-Silo Speed Networking: Networking Outside the Box!). Below is a summary schedule of all CEDAM sessions. Complete CEDAM session descriptions are available here, organized by track and time.
How would you like to bring your State Representative or Senator to your neighborhood to help with one of your projects?
This summer, CEDAM members and other housing and community development practitioners around Michigan will have that opportunity! Legislators Building Communities (LBC) is a new initiative to educate our legislators about housing and community development activities in their districts through hands-on volunteer opportunities. It is led by the Living in Michigan coalition, a network of statewide and regional housing & community development advocates that is co-chaired by CEDAM and Habitat for Humanity of Michigan.
Here’s how it works for CEDAM members:
You submit an online interest form, letting us know your project idea (see rules and ideas here).
If your project is selected, we will put you in contact with a staff person in your legislator’s office so you can set a date and discuss details.
You plan and publicize your event (we can help).
You host your event. Show off your work, involve the community, and take pictures!
You share your story with CEDAM, your contacts, your local media, and anyone else you can think of.
The call for projects is now open, and we hope to collect at least one project idea in each district by the end of February.
Please visit the LBC website and submit your interest form (via the Hosts tab) ASAP. If you have any questions about LBC, give Katie a call: 517.485.3588.
We’re looking forward to working with you on this exciting new initiative.
CEDAM’s annual Membership Celebration will be held on April 12 (Tuesday evening of the Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing) from 5:30 – 9:00pm. The venue, H. Urban Lounge, is directly across the street from the Lansing Center at 414 E. Michigan Avenue.
The event will feature door prizes, appetizers, a cash bar, a community development photo booth and great company! Tickets are $30 for CEDAM members and $40 for non-members. You can RSVP online or by calling or emailing Jessica AcMoody (517-485-3588).
Pay for your ticket by check or PayPal. Mail checks to:
CEDAM c/o Jessica AcMoody
1000 S. Washington Ave.
Lansing, MI 48910
Partnering with the Asset Independence Coalition, CEDAM will host Show Me the Money Day in Lansing on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 from 10AM – 4PM at the Capital Area District Library Downtown. See the event flier (PDF).
The event will offer participants free tax preparation for those generating an income of $49,000 and less, resources from various local financial institutions and nonprofits at a vendor cafe, and financial empowerment classes running all day.
The class schedule is as follows:
10:30 -10:45 Welcome (Eric Schertzing, Ingham County Treasurer; Amy Kraus, City of Lansing Treasurer)
11:00 -11:30 Do You Have What It Takes to be an Entrepreneur?(Peggy Vaughn-Payne, NorthWest Initiative)
11:45 -12:15 Foreclosure Prevention(Denise Keiser, Center for Financial Health)
12:30 – 1:00 Get Smart About Credit(Jamecia Gordon, Flagstar Bank)
1:15 -1:45 How to Cut Your Grocery Bill(Amber Paxton, Asset Independence Coalition)
2:00 -2:30 Unique Opportunities to Save(Amber Paxton, Asset Independence Coalition; Megan Kursik, CEDAM)
Prize drawings will be held throughout the day for $50 U.S. Savings Bonds, gas cards, and more! The event is designed to connect Lansing area residents with opportunities to save and build wealth and is being held in conjunction with National EITC Awareness Day. For more information, please contact Amber Paxton at 517-256-1466 or Megan Kursik at 517-485-3588×1942.
A list of January and February financial events throughout Michigan may be found online at the bottom of the www.michiganeic.org/taxpayers page.
Here is a quick announcement from WLNS News about Show Me the Money Day:
