2023 Municipal Summit
Tue, Mar 21
|Van Buren County ISD Conference Center
Network with other community leaders and grow your economic development toolbelt to help your community grow.


Time & Location
Mar 21, 2023, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Van Buren County ISD Conference Center, 490 S Paw Paw St, Lawrence, MI 49064, USA
About the Event
Join Market Van Buren for the 2023 Municipal Summit!
At both the state and federal levels, we are seeing unprecedented amounts of money available in the form of grants and strategic allocations. In Michigan alone, there are several billion dollars of unallocated money, some of which will be available to local communities in the form of grant dollars.
So how do communities in Cass and Van Buren ready themselves for this extraordinary opportunity? Market Van Buren will be hosting its third annual Municipal Summit to answer this exact question. Join us to learn about the basics of grant writing, a variety of available and forthcoming grant and technical assistance programs, and the experience of your peers in leveraging some of these programs.
Summit Agenda/Speaker Schedule:
8:30 a.m. | Check in begins - Coffee and light breakfast served
9 a.m. | Event begins - Introduction from Market Van Buren
9:15 a.m. | MEDC - Michigan Main Street Program, Redevelopment Ready Program, forthcoming grant opportunities
10:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion on Redevelopment Ready Communities for Local Communities
10:45 a.m. | Break
11 a.m. | Mike Krombeen | Forecast for grant opportunities at the state level
11:30 a.m. | Mary Fowler - Grant Writing 101 - Mistakes to avoid and best practices to implement
11:50 a.m. | Market Van Buren Outro - Transition to Lunch
12 p.m. | Lunch and Networking
1 p.m. | Summit Concludes
Additional Details:
- WHO should attend: Attendance to this event is limited to board members, employees, or other individuals directly associated with local units of government (townships, villages, county government, etc.) in Cass and Van Buren counties.
- COST to attend: Free! Thank you to our sponsors at Antero Group and Consumers Energy for their generous support!
- DATE: Tuesday, March 21
- TIME: Registration begins at 8:30am, Program: 9-1pm.
- WHERE: Van Buren ISD Conference Center
- Register for event by March 14th
- Coffee and pastries along with lunch will be served at this high-impact event. Lunch will feature a taco bar, which will include: ground beef, pulled chicken, sweet potato and black bean mix, guacamole, soft shells and tortilla chips, mexican street corn salad.
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