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Rural townships squeezed in Michigan as money woes mount (opens the original)
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Watersmeet Township Supervisor Yvonne Clark looks at a 25-page state grant agreement. Grant applications are cumbersome for rural governments with small, part-time staff. (Ron French/Bridge Michigan) Watersmeet EMT Captain Laura Kopsi works out of a township building with a leaky roof and falling ceiling tiles. (Ron French/Bridge Michigan) Watersmeet Township Supervisor Yvonne Clark looks at a 25-page state grant agreement. Grant applications are cumbersome for rural governments with small, part
Rural townships in Michigan endure increasing financial stress (opens the original)
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WATERSMEET -- It's not the frigid winters of the western Upper Peninsula that scares New Jersey native Yvonne Clark. It's not even the black bears searching for snacks outside her remote lake home. What keeps the 62-year-old up at night is the balance sheet of Watersmeet Township, where the supervisor tries to stretch too few dollars over too many priorities. "It will take several lifetimes to get our roads up to par," Clark said, shuffling through papers that cover her office desk. Police cars
Michigan villages have a fix for shortage of officials. Townships can’t use it (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com), a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here. Since Allie Nemecek began working for the Village of Central Lake, she’s managed the 950-resident community’s finances and found grant money for a disability-accessible kayak launch and a community pavilion. She answers the phone and keeps up with the paperwork for grants from her Po
Township bills languish in Michigan Legislature (opens the original)
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(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) A wave of problems facing Michigan's rural townships is barely causing a ripple in Lansing. Townships are struggling to find people to serve in the elected and appointed positions and facing increased financial strain from population and business declines. Two bills aimed at easing those struggles are gaining no traction in the Legislature, and there a
As crisis looms for Michigan rural townships, bills to help sit idle in Lansing - Bridge Michigan (opens the original)
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A wave of problems facing Michigan’s rural townships is barely causing a ripple in Lansing. Townships are struggling to find people to serve in the elected and appointed positions and facing increased financial strain from population and business declines. Two bills aimed at easing those struggles are gaining no traction in the Legislature, and there appears to be little appetite for major reforms of a system of governance established before Michigan became a state. Without intervention, some of
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