The Brighton Main Street Streetscape Project is one of four finalists for the 2024 Community Excellence Award of the Michigan Municipal League.
The award, which began in 2007, celebrates and honors innovative placemaking projects and programs in Michigan. Finalists are determined by a small voting board, and they compete at the MML’s convention, at which attendees vote for their favorite.
The Brighton Main Street Streetscape Project is competing against these others:
• Grandville: Placemaking and Building Community in Downtown Grandville: The Commons & Market Pavilion
• Houghton: Connecting Houghton
• Oak Park: City of Oak Park Nine Mile Redesign Project
“My congratulations to Brighton, Grandville, Houghton and Oak Park for their projects that were selected as the 2024 CEA finalists,” said Robert Clark, MML board president and mayor of Monroe.
“While these CEA projects are unique to each community, they all represent the community wealth building principles of the League. Through placemaking, downtown revitalization and sense of place, these transformational projects involved collaboration and community engagement. I look forward to learning more about each project at the League Convention in September and the announcement of the winner as voted for by the League members.”
This year’s Convention is on Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel, Sept. 11–13.
“I would like to thank the 14 communities that submitted projects this year,” Clark said. “All projects were commendable and show the great work being completed by local leadership across the State of Michigan to build thriving communities.”
The League received submissions from the following communities: Allegan, Battle Creek, Brighton, Ferndale, Grandville, Hancock, Houghton, Jackson, Lansing, Marquette, Muskegon, Oak Park, St. Clair Shores and Madison Heights. You can learn more about this year’s submissions by visiting the CEA website.
“With deep gratitude, we extend our heartfelt thanks to each of this year’s 14 submissions,” said Heather Elliott of the MML. “Each community project demonstrates dedication and contributions that have set a remarkable standard of accomplishment. We also want to extend our thanks to our panel of judges. Narrowing down a pool of projects can be challenging, especially when there are so many impressive submissions. Finally, we want to highlight the four finalist communities. Each project represents a variety of fantastic work. Your contributions and efforts are appreciated and have already impacted your community. We can’t wait to learn more.”
