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City Commission votes to continue with Advancing Macomb
Posted April 26, 2023
C & G News - The Mount Clemens City Commission has voted to maintain its recreation partnership with Advancing Macomb. City commissioners voted unanimously on the matter at the April 17 meeting
Funds in the amount of $19,000 and the use of the city’s recreational facilities were the terms of the deal. The funds came on top of a prior allocation of $5,600 in Community Development Block Grant funds. This will be the second year of Mount Clemens taking part in the “Breaking Barriers to Play” program, an initiative by Advancing Macomb to help lower the cost of community and family-centered recreation.
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Advancing Macomb to host inaugural community engagement summit
Posted April 21, 2023
Macomb Daily - Macomb County is not just a great place to live and work. It’s a hot spot for innovation and great ideas, which Advancing Macomb hopes to tap during its “Community Engagement Summit: Love Where You Live,” at Macomb Community College South Campus.
The event runs April 28 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
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Advancing Macomb to Host Inaugural Community Engagement Summit
Posted April 3, 2023
DBusiness - Advancing Macomb, a Mount Clemens-based nonprofit that convenes resources to solve community challenges and enrich the lives of Macomb County residents, will host its inaugural Community Engagement Summit — Love Where You Live — from 8:30 a.m.-noon April 28 at Macomb Community College South Campus.
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Advancing Macomb seeks slice of federal American Rescue Plan funds
Posted March 24, 2023
Macomb Daily - Advancing Macomb is asking Macomb County government to provide a sliver of its federal American Rescue Plan allocation to help attract more nonprofit dollars to the county.
Diane Banks, Advancing Macomb executive director, lobbied the county Board of Commissioners at a committee meeting last month for the board to funnel American Rescue Plan Act funds to the nonprofit organization through a contract. The funds would be used to help Macomb County to catch up to the rest of southeastern Michigan in the amount of dollars nonprofit organizations receive from local, regional and national foundations, Banks said.
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Advancing Macomb in Mt. Clemens Names Six New Board Members
Posted February 21, 2023
DBusiness, February 20, 2023 - Advancing Macomb...announced six new members to its board of directors. The new board members are Megan McCandlish, John McGrath, Jonathon O’Hara, Max Schuster, Jeff Simek, and Ellen Wood.
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MI Nonprofit Relief Fund – Intent to Apply Phase Open
Posted February 21, 2023
February 2023 - Michigan Nonprofits struggling with the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic can now take the first step to receive funding from the $35 Million MI Nonprofit Relief Fund. The Michigan Nonprofit Association along with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), officially opened the "intent to apply" phase for the relief fund.
Nonprofits interested in applying for grants should fill out the intent to apply form at MINonprofitRelief.org. Nonprofits do NOT have to be members of MNA to apply for/receive grant funding.
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United Way Announces 2023 Racial Equity Fund Committing $1M to Community
Posted February 6, 2023
United Way for Southeastern Michigan, has announced the year two recipients of $1 million in grant funding.
Macomb County Ministerial Alliance is partnering with Advancing Macomb Foundation on a county-wide research analysis that provides context to past and present racial inequities in Macomb County, particularly regarding housing, education, and employment, to guide future decision-making regarding equitable support for community development projects and programs.
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Advancing Macomb names six new members to its board of directors
Posted February 3, 2023
Macomb Daily - Advancing Macomb’s board of directors has six new members supporting the nonprofit’s mission to solve community challenges and enrich the lives of Macomb County residents.
The new members are Megan McCandlish, John McGrath, Jonathon O’Hara, Max Schuster, Jeff Simek, and Ellen Wood.
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Working remotely: What began as a necessity has become the norm
Posted January 9, 2023
“We had a private office and that’s a big overhead,” said Diane Banks, executive director of the Mount Clemens-based Advancing Macomb, a nonprofit that works to bring about collaborative initiatives that provide sustainable solutions for communities. Prior to the pandemic, Banks was already working remotely one day a week. “When the pandemic hit in March of 2020 my two staff people went fully remote.”
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Advancing Macomb snares grant to help lower the cost of local recreational programs
Posted December 22, 2022
Nonprofit organization Advancing Macomb has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support its Breaking Barriers to Play initiative.
Breaking Barriers to Play was developed to lower the cost of recreation programming that is community and family centered. The program is a public-private, cost-sharing partnership that allows youth to participate in programming in their own communities at little to no cost.
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