In this episode, host Phil Tower speaks with Danielle Beard, the Michigan Green Communities (MGC)Program Coordinator.
In mid-June of this year(2025), a record high 68 local governments across Michigan were recognized for their sustainability efforts and environmental leadership through their participation in the Michigan Green Communities (MGC) Challenge.
Communities were awarded bronze, silver, gold, or platinum seals of achievement. This was also the first year that any community achieved platinum status.
Both Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor achieved platinum certification in the challenge.
About Michigan Green Communities: Established in 2009, Michigan Green Communities (MGC) is a statewide network of local and state government staff and officials, and higher education institution staff that collaborate, through peer learning and information sharing, to promote innovative sustainability, climate change, and environmental justice solutions at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.
ONLINE: Michigan Green Communities
In mid-June of this year(2025), a record high 68 local governments across Michigan were recognized for their sustainability efforts and environmental leadership through their participation in the Michigan Green Communities (MGC) Challenge.
Communities were awarded bronze, silver, gold, or platinum seals of achievement. This was also the first year that any community achieved platinum status.
Both Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor achieved platinum certification in the challenge.
About Michigan Green Communities: Established in 2009, Michigan Green Communities (MGC) is a statewide network of local and state government staff and officials, and higher education institution staff that collaborate, through peer learning and information sharing, to promote innovative sustainability, climate change, and environmental justice solutions at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.
ONLINE: Michigan Green Communities
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan Weekend is
a weekly programmed designed to inform and enlighten on a
wide range of public policy issues, as well as news
and current events. Now here's your host, Phil Tower.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
In this episode, I'm pleased to talk about an important
aspect of liveability in Michigan. That is sustainable cities, specifically
green communities, communities that are thinking about living well now,
but living well for future generations. That's the whole concept
of sustainability. And recently the Michigan Green Communities Challenge announced
(00:43):
sixty eight communities. That's a record high. Sixty eight local
governments across Michigan were recognized for their sustainability efforts. We'll
see how many times in this conversation I can get
that word right, sustainability efforts and environmental leadership through their
participate patient in what is called the Michigan Green Communities Challenge.
(01:03):
And we thought we'd catch up with the program coordinator
for the Michigan Green Communities. She is Danielle Beard. Danielle,
thank you for joining us for a couple of moments.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me today.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Well, this is an important thing. This is an exciting thing.
It's exciting because you have in this news release that
came out a couple of weeks ago on June nineteenth,
a record high sixty eight local governments across Michigan participated.
Well more than that participated, but sixty eight local governments
were recognized for their sustainability efforts. Grand Rapids and ann
(01:39):
Arbor both achieved the highest level platinum. Is that right?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yes, we launched the platinum level of certification a couple
of years ago, and Grand Rapids and ann Arber were
the first two communities to reach that level this year.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, and I want to talk about what that means
versus you know, communities that came in at a lower level.
But let's talk about this. This program actually was started
in two thousand and nine. It's a statewide network of
local and state government staff and officials collaborating and talking
about this whole concept of how can we make our
(02:14):
cities greener, more sustainable for good living now and for
generations to come. Why is this program important for our
great state of Michigan.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Danielle, Well, with what you just said exactly about you know,
making sure that our where we live in Michigan is
a great place now and for generations to come. A
lot of it really does come down to quality of life.
You know, we're seeing a lot of changes in our
weather patterns right now, and also too, we're seeing a
massive transition in our economy towards you know, the twenty
first century global green economy here where we're seeing more
(02:47):
investment in renewables, electric vehicles. A lot of these things
are coming, and it's really important that local governments in
Michigan are preparing for those changes in a way that
you know, makes that transition a bit more seamless smoother,
to help boost their local economies and protect their small businesses,
but also protect quality of life. I know that you know,
Grand rapids for example, in many communities in Michigan are
(03:09):
seeing a lot of flooding issues and so you know,
making huge investments into stormwater infrastructure is you know, been
a very big priority for many communities and that not
only can you know, impact the quality of life for
your everyday residents so that they're not having you know,
basement backups things like that, but it's also you know,
ways where we can really get creative and create some
(03:30):
awesome place making features and communities where people can come
and gather and also enjoy the all the natural beauty
that Michigan.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Has to offer. Yeah, I'm glad you actually mentioned something
that I remember years ago was a continuous problem in
Grand Rapids when we had a lot of rains, and
it was a challenge with a lot of cities that
had a river running through them, in this case the
Grand River here in Grand Rapids, and that is, you know,
the sewage levels would be hitting capacity, exceeding capacity, and
(04:02):
you would have wastewater, including raw sewage, emptying into the
Grand River on a very regular basis. And we finally
dealt with that storm draining water issue. It was a
multimillion dollar investment over several years, but we finally got
it right. We're not dumping all that pollution and that
(04:23):
raw sewage into one of our most vital resources here
in West Michigan, one of the most vital ones in
the state of Michigan. That's just a small pact of sustainability,
small part of sustainability. You've got environmental sustainability, you've got
social sustainability, and I think Danielle, a lot of people
forget this all plays into economic sustainability as well.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Right, absolutely, yeah, I mean we've I've talked with communities
that have invested heavily in energy efficiency and renewables and whatnot,
and they're seeing the payoff on that, right, and that's
helping to stabilize local government budgets, which you know, have
been continually taking a hit year over year for decades now.
But you know, communities are local governments are required to
(05:08):
provide all these services that sustain everyday life. For us
was less money, but so finding ways where they can
save money too is always impactful, but then also making
you know, not just talking about the bottom line for
a local government budget, but also for our small businesses
and whatnot across the state too. So you know, if
we can help them save out energy costs, we can
(05:30):
incentivize those things that help, you know, just create stronger
local economies than those are all big wins for our
communities in terms of you know, being more you know,
environmentally sustainable, but like you said, economically sustainable as well.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
So the core component of the whole Michigan Green Communities
is this Michigan Green Communities challenge we mentioned earlier sixty eight.
Local governments recently recognize here across our state of Michigan
for their sustainability efforts and environmental leaderships. The two cities
receiving platinum certification as we mentioned earlier, and Arbor and
(06:10):
Grand Rapids. Why is this important for these cities? This
sounds like a very competitive thing, which is important. I mean,
talk about that from the municipal level. Does this get older?
Do we have any trash talking in the Green Communities Challenge?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
You know? I would say that local government participate for
a number of reasons. I think primarily the Michigan Greek
Communities Challenge is made up of one hundred and thirty
three action items and the goal is not to complete
all of those, but they really serve as a roadmap
for embedding sustainability across local government operations, whether that's you know,
planning and zoning, energy, mobility and help and things like
(06:53):
that community engagement. So it really provides a great roadmap
for local governments to say like, Okay, we want to
make progress in this area, or maybe we're having this
issue but we don't know what the next step is
to take. This serves like a really great list to
just kind of look at and say, oh, okay, that
makes sense for us. I will also say though, that
a lot of local governments that are also just they
really like the bragging rights as well.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
So.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
You know, being able to say that, you know, for example,
with grain rapids and an arbor to receive that platinum
level certification. So not only do they have to complete
the action items they are not all of them, but
they have to reach one hundred and seventy five points
in the action items, which if they an action item
is in progress, it's worth one point, if it's completed,
it's worth two points. Everything's just weighted equally meant to
(07:37):
really meet communities where they're at. But we also have
a set of metrics as well, and so local governments
also have to make progress on at least four of
those metrics or meet their community's goals on at least
four of those metrics to reach the Platinum level certification.
So they're not only reporting that they're doing actions, but
they're also seeing measurable progress on things like GHG emissions,
(07:57):
increasing the number of clean fuel vehicles some fleets, increasing
the number of things like resilience hubs or community centers
that are offering you know, cooling stations and things like that,
so or even increasing like their tree canopy cover, which
makes a big difference for you know, just the regular
street temperature in the city when you're when you're living there.
(08:18):
So so yeah. So ann Arbor and Grand Rapids have
really they've done leaders for a very long time and sustainability,
and we created this higher level of certifications for communities
to aim for to really recognize those that are making
sustainability really central to what they do every day.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I'm glad you said that small but important thing about
just green space and trees and the importance of trees
for a really basic centuries old thing which is shade
a shade tree, and how that can even in a
house or business, it can really impact the amount of
(08:59):
money you're spending to cool a building when we have
these multiple days that are over eighty five degrees here
in the summer in our great state of Michigan. Danielle
Beard is with US Michigan Green Communities Program Coordinator. We're
talking about the recently announced winners in the Michigan Green
Communities Challenge. Sixty eight communities recognized, and Grand Rapids came
(09:21):
out along with ann Arboro with platinum recognition. So help
us unpack this. I know there are a lot of
different criteria. We mentioned trees, We mentioned more cars and
vehicles in the city's fleet of vehicles that are green vehicles,
maybe hydrogen powered, maybe electric powered, maybe hybrid. But what's
one thing that is a resident of West Michigan or
(09:44):
a visitor, somebody who lives and works in this area.
What's something we might notice is a part of that
platinum level of a green community for Grand Rapids or
ann Arbor, something that may be visible to us, maybe
not so obvious, but something we can see in accident.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
You know, I think particularly for Grand Rappids and ann Arbor,
what I would say is most noticeable about those communities
is the level of community engagement that they do to
incorporate sustainability into their local government. You know, their master
plans and all that kind of stuff that's required by
the state. They really work very closely to make sure
(10:24):
that not only are they pursuing all of these things,
but they're also targeting areas that are in most need
within the communities for some of these investments in things
like stormwater infrastructure or renewable energy projects. So they're really
you know, taking all of these best practices, but making
sure that it's very localized and that and that residents
(10:46):
are really engaged in the process as well. So I
think as they're seeing, you know, when it comes to
things like GHD emissions reductions or increasing the tree canopy.
You know, when you're making decisions that are influenced by
people and you know, residents and businesses that are you know,
living and working and operating there, you know you're going
(11:07):
to see some some quicker progress when you're making smarter
decisions that are really targeted at what the community needs most.
And so I think that's something that I mean, not
only those communities, but especially those communities do a really
good job.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah, that's very true. And I think in West Michigan
and in Grand Rapids, you know, we're seeing receptacles when
not just trash but for paper, but plastic and just
regular trash, more opportunities to recycle in the moment out
in a community. And I'm not talking private businesses, I'm
(11:44):
talking all over the city of Grand Rapids, other communities
that have those, the city of Walker here in Grand
Rapids and Wombing and East Grand Rapids. More of these
communities are making those kinds of recycling receptacles available. Just
on this on a sidewalk where it's really easy. You're
walking around, you finish a water bottle instead of putting
(12:05):
it in the trash, there's a recycling receptacle for that
plastic right there. And then you know, purchasing park benches
that are made out of recycling a recycled plastic and
things like that. As we look at this Michigan Green
Communities Challenge, people all over the state of Michigan have
access to this podcast, people in municipalities that may want
(12:27):
to know more about it. I'm assuming not every community
is participating. Do you still need more communities to sign
up for twenty twenty six or is it pretty much
everyone's in.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Yeah, No, we're absolutely always welcoming more communities into the program.
We have a reporting period for the challenge that runs
every year from January to May one, and so that
reporting period is going to come open again next year
to report on all the actions taken up through the
current calendar year that we're in. But you know, we're
always happy to talk even before that reporting period is open.
(12:59):
We welcome unit de sensive program because not only is
that we have that Challenge, but we also have some
excellent peer networking groups. We partner with the University of
Michigan and an Arbor as a Grand Sustainability Institute Center
for Empowering Communities on running some cohorts and technical assistance
programs for local governments to really not only just work
on these best practices and learn from each other, but
(13:21):
we also have communities, especially Grand Rappids and Annarburg, great
examples that are creating the next best practices for local
governments to be following across many areas of sustainability.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Interesting to note achieving Gold certification for the Michigan Green
Communities Challenge here in West Michigan, the city of Rockford,
City of Holland, City of East Grand Rapids, City of Lansing.
Also in the middle of the state where we're speaking
to you from city of East Lansing, and in the
Upper Peninsula city of Marquette. This is this is not
(13:52):
just something you know, limited to big cities. This is
all over the state of Michigan, making Michigan a better
place to live and work and shall we say vacation
as well. Danielle Beard, I'm so grateful that we could
talk about this and you mentioned January through May for
next year's Green Communities Challenge here in Michigan. People can
(14:15):
learn more ATMI Greencomunities dot com. Right, that's right, Migreencommunities
dot com. That's where you will find the website. Danielle
Beard with us. She is the Michigan Green Communities program coordinator.
And some pretty exciting news with this recent release about
the Michigan Green Communities Challenge. Hey, thanks so much for
(14:38):
joining us.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
All right, thank you. We really appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Yeah, and we appreciate your efforts and all the efforts
on behalf of the Michigan Green Communities programming.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
You've been listening to iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan
Weekend is a production of Wood Radio and iHeartRadio
This is iHeartRadio's West Michigan Weekend. West Michigan Weekend is
a weekly programmed designed to inform and enlighten on a
wide range of public policy issues, as well as news
and current events. Now here's your host, Phil Tower.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
In this episode, I'm pleased to talk about an important
aspect of liveability in Michigan. That is sustainable cities, specifically
green communities, communities that are thinking about living well now,
but living well for future generations. That's the whole concept
of sustainability. And recently the Michigan Green Communities Challenge announced
(00:43):
sixty eight communities. That's a record high. Sixty eight local
governments across Michigan were recognized for their sustainability efforts. We'll
see how many times in this conversation I can get
that word right, sustainability efforts and environmental leadership through their
participate patient in what is called the Michigan Green Communities Challenge.
(01:03):
And we thought we'd catch up with the program coordinator
for the Michigan Green Communities. She is Danielle Beard. Danielle,
thank you for joining us for a couple of moments.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me today.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Well, this is an important thing. This is an exciting thing.
It's exciting because you have in this news release that
came out a couple of weeks ago on June nineteenth,
a record high sixty eight local governments across Michigan participated.
Well more than that participated, but sixty eight local governments
were recognized for their sustainability efforts. Grand Rapids and ann
(01:39):
Arbor both achieved the highest level platinum. Is that right?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yes, we launched the platinum level of certification a couple
of years ago, and Grand Rapids and ann Arber were
the first two communities to reach that level this year.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, and I want to talk about what that means
versus you know, communities that came in at a lower level.
But let's talk about this. This program actually was started
in two thousand and nine. It's a statewide network of
local and state government staff and officials collaborating and talking
about this whole concept of how can we make our
(02:14):
cities greener, more sustainable for good living now and for
generations to come. Why is this program important for our
great state of Michigan.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Danielle, Well, with what you just said exactly about you know,
making sure that our where we live in Michigan is
a great place now and for generations to come. A
lot of it really does come down to quality of life.
You know, we're seeing a lot of changes in our
weather patterns right now, and also too, we're seeing a
massive transition in our economy towards you know, the twenty
first century global green economy here where we're seeing more
(02:47):
investment in renewables, electric vehicles. A lot of these things
are coming, and it's really important that local governments in
Michigan are preparing for those changes in a way that
you know, makes that transition a bit more seamless smoother,
to help boost their local economies and protect their small businesses,
but also protect quality of life. I know that you know,
Grand rapids for example, in many communities in Michigan are
(03:09):
seeing a lot of flooding issues and so you know,
making huge investments into stormwater infrastructure is you know, been
a very big priority for many communities and that not
only can you know, impact the quality of life for
your everyday residents so that they're not having you know,
basement backups things like that, but it's also you know,
ways where we can really get creative and create some
(03:30):
awesome place making features and communities where people can come
and gather and also enjoy the all the natural beauty
that Michigan.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Has to offer. Yeah, I'm glad you actually mentioned something
that I remember years ago was a continuous problem in
Grand Rapids when we had a lot of rains, and
it was a challenge with a lot of cities that
had a river running through them, in this case the
Grand River here in Grand Rapids, and that is, you know,
the sewage levels would be hitting capacity, exceeding capacity, and
(04:02):
you would have wastewater, including raw sewage, emptying into the
Grand River on a very regular basis. And we finally
dealt with that storm draining water issue. It was a
multimillion dollar investment over several years, but we finally got
it right. We're not dumping all that pollution and that
(04:23):
raw sewage into one of our most vital resources here
in West Michigan, one of the most vital ones in
the state of Michigan. That's just a small pact of sustainability,
small part of sustainability. You've got environmental sustainability, you've got
social sustainability, and I think Danielle, a lot of people
forget this all plays into economic sustainability as well.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Right, absolutely, yeah, I mean we've I've talked with communities
that have invested heavily in energy efficiency and renewables and whatnot,
and they're seeing the payoff on that, right, and that's
helping to stabilize local government budgets, which you know, have
been continually taking a hit year over year for decades now.
But you know, communities are local governments are required to
(05:08):
provide all these services that sustain everyday life. For us
was less money, but so finding ways where they can
save money too is always impactful, but then also making
you know, not just talking about the bottom line for
a local government budget, but also for our small businesses
and whatnot across the state too. So you know, if
we can help them save out energy costs, we can
(05:30):
incentivize those things that help, you know, just create stronger
local economies than those are all big wins for our
communities in terms of you know, being more you know,
environmentally sustainable, but like you said, economically sustainable as well.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
So the core component of the whole Michigan Green Communities
is this Michigan Green Communities challenge we mentioned earlier sixty eight.
Local governments recently recognize here across our state of Michigan
for their sustainability efforts and environmental leaderships. The two cities
receiving platinum certification as we mentioned earlier, and Arbor and
(06:10):
Grand Rapids. Why is this important for these cities? This
sounds like a very competitive thing, which is important. I mean,
talk about that from the municipal level. Does this get older?
Do we have any trash talking in the Green Communities Challenge?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
You know? I would say that local government participate for
a number of reasons. I think primarily the Michigan Greek
Communities Challenge is made up of one hundred and thirty
three action items and the goal is not to complete
all of those, but they really serve as a roadmap
for embedding sustainability across local government operations, whether that's you know,
planning and zoning, energy, mobility and help and things like
(06:53):
that community engagement. So it really provides a great roadmap
for local governments to say like, Okay, we want to
make progress in this area, or maybe we're having this
issue but we don't know what the next step is
to take. This serves like a really great list to
just kind of look at and say, oh, okay, that
makes sense for us. I will also say though, that
a lot of local governments that are also just they
really like the bragging rights as well.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
So.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
You know, being able to say that, you know, for example,
with grain rapids and an arbor to receive that platinum
level certification. So not only do they have to complete
the action items they are not all of them, but
they have to reach one hundred and seventy five points
in the action items, which if they an action item
is in progress, it's worth one point, if it's completed,
it's worth two points. Everything's just weighted equally meant to
(07:37):
really meet communities where they're at. But we also have
a set of metrics as well, and so local governments
also have to make progress on at least four of
those metrics or meet their community's goals on at least
four of those metrics to reach the Platinum level certification.
So they're not only reporting that they're doing actions, but
they're also seeing measurable progress on things like GHG emissions,
(07:57):
increasing the number of clean fuel vehicles some fleets, increasing
the number of things like resilience hubs or community centers
that are offering you know, cooling stations and things like that,
so or even increasing like their tree canopy cover, which
makes a big difference for you know, just the regular
street temperature in the city when you're when you're living there.
(08:18):
So so yeah. So ann Arbor and Grand Rapids have
really they've done leaders for a very long time and sustainability,
and we created this higher level of certifications for communities
to aim for to really recognize those that are making
sustainability really central to what they do every day.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I'm glad you said that small but important thing about
just green space and trees and the importance of trees
for a really basic centuries old thing which is shade
a shade tree, and how that can even in a
house or business, it can really impact the amount of
(08:59):
money you're spending to cool a building when we have
these multiple days that are over eighty five degrees here
in the summer in our great state of Michigan. Danielle
Beard is with US Michigan Green Communities Program Coordinator. We're
talking about the recently announced winners in the Michigan Green
Communities Challenge. Sixty eight communities recognized, and Grand Rapids came
(09:21):
out along with ann Arboro with platinum recognition. So help
us unpack this. I know there are a lot of
different criteria. We mentioned trees, We mentioned more cars and
vehicles in the city's fleet of vehicles that are green vehicles,
maybe hydrogen powered, maybe electric powered, maybe hybrid. But what's
one thing that is a resident of West Michigan or
(09:44):
a visitor, somebody who lives and works in this area.
What's something we might notice is a part of that
platinum level of a green community for Grand Rapids or
ann Arbor, something that may be visible to us, maybe
not so obvious, but something we can see in accident.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
You know, I think particularly for Grand Rappids and ann Arbor,
what I would say is most noticeable about those communities
is the level of community engagement that they do to
incorporate sustainability into their local government. You know, their master
plans and all that kind of stuff that's required by
the state. They really work very closely to make sure
(10:24):
that not only are they pursuing all of these things,
but they're also targeting areas that are in most need
within the communities for some of these investments in things
like stormwater infrastructure or renewable energy projects. So they're really
you know, taking all of these best practices, but making
sure that it's very localized and that and that residents
(10:46):
are really engaged in the process as well. So I
think as they're seeing, you know, when it comes to
things like GHD emissions reductions or increasing the tree canopy.
You know, when you're making decisions that are influenced by
people and you know, residents and businesses that are you know,
living and working and operating there, you know you're going
(11:07):
to see some some quicker progress when you're making smarter
decisions that are really targeted at what the community needs most.
And so I think that's something that I mean, not
only those communities, but especially those communities do a really
good job.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah, that's very true. And I think in West Michigan
and in Grand Rapids, you know, we're seeing receptacles when
not just trash but for paper, but plastic and just
regular trash, more opportunities to recycle in the moment out
in a community. And I'm not talking private businesses, I'm
(11:44):
talking all over the city of Grand Rapids, other communities
that have those, the city of Walker here in Grand
Rapids and Wombing and East Grand Rapids. More of these
communities are making those kinds of recycling receptacles available. Just
on this on a sidewalk where it's really easy. You're
walking around, you finish a water bottle instead of putting
(12:05):
it in the trash, there's a recycling receptacle for that
plastic right there. And then you know, purchasing park benches
that are made out of recycling a recycled plastic and
things like that. As we look at this Michigan Green
Communities Challenge, people all over the state of Michigan have
access to this podcast, people in municipalities that may want
(12:27):
to know more about it. I'm assuming not every community
is participating. Do you still need more communities to sign
up for twenty twenty six or is it pretty much
everyone's in.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Yeah, No, we're absolutely always welcoming more communities into the program.
We have a reporting period for the challenge that runs
every year from January to May one, and so that
reporting period is going to come open again next year
to report on all the actions taken up through the
current calendar year that we're in. But you know, we're
always happy to talk even before that reporting period is open.
(12:59):
We welcome unit de sensive program because not only is
that we have that Challenge, but we also have some
excellent peer networking groups. We partner with the University of
Michigan and an Arbor as a Grand Sustainability Institute Center
for Empowering Communities on running some cohorts and technical assistance
programs for local governments to really not only just work
on these best practices and learn from each other, but
(13:21):
we also have communities, especially Grand Rappids and Annarburg, great
examples that are creating the next best practices for local
governments to be following across many areas of sustainability.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Interesting to note achieving Gold certification for the Michigan Green
Communities Challenge here in West Michigan, the city of Rockford,
City of Holland, City of East Grand Rapids, City of Lansing.
Also in the middle of the state where we're speaking
to you from city of East Lansing, and in the
Upper Peninsula city of Marquette. This is this is not
(13:52):
just something you know, limited to big cities. This is
all over the state of Michigan, making Michigan a better
place to live and work and shall we say vacation
as well. Danielle Beard, I'm so grateful that we could
talk about this and you mentioned January through May for
next year's Green Communities Challenge here in Michigan. People can
(14:15):
learn more ATMI Greencomunities dot com. Right, that's right, Migreencommunities
dot com. That's where you will find the website. Danielle
Beard with us. She is the Michigan Green Communities program coordinator.
And some pretty exciting news with this recent release about
the Michigan Green Communities Challenge. Hey, thanks so much for
(14:38):
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All right, thank you. We really appreciate your time.
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Yeah, and we appreciate your efforts and all the efforts
on behalf of the Michigan Green Communities programming.
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