Thank you for visiting the Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative (PMSBRI) Update Center. The content on this page is designed to give applicants to the PMSBRI the latest updates available on the administration of the program. For additional information about the program’s creation and terms and eligibility, visit the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) page.  

We know these are incredibly difficult times for Michigan’s residents and small businesses. We also know that there are not enough resources appropriated to meet the need of this current crisis. There are 8,020 grant applications. We expect the program’s funds to support approximately 650 grant awards.    

As the grant administrator, the Michigan Municipal League Foundation (MMLF) will do everything we can to quickly process the applications of the PMSBRI.  

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SaveMICity is a campaign to educate Michigan residents, decision makers, and businesses about how municipalities are funded in our state and why the current system does not work for our communities. Money that is owed our cities, villages, and townships by state statute has been redirected to plug holes in the state budget. This has made it difficult for Michigan communities to attract business, maintain infrastructure, provide emergency services, and offer a high quality of life for residents. Thanks to support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, we have been able to develop a digital campaign that explains the broken municipal finance system and make the argument for more investment in Michigan's communities.

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The 16/50 Project removes barriers and provides training to increase the number of women in leadership roles in local government. Only about 16 percent of local chief administrative officers are women, even though they make up more than half the population. The 16/50 Project launched the Women’s Municipal Leadership Program in 2018 to give Michigan women training in several areas of municipal management, including municipal budgeting and finance; economic development; and council-manager relations. They dive in on key topics instructed by municipal experts, build their executive leadership expertise, and gain insight on the application of their new skills from current municipal managers. The 16/50 Project relies on donor support to continue the Women’s Municipal Leadership Program and hopefully put even more women through the program at no cost to them.

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Every day, local government leaders across Michigan are implementing creative sustainability projects, programs, and policies that save money and offer social and environmental benefits. These leaders can be models for change across the state only if their peers are aware of their efforts. Michigan Green Communities (MGC) connects those leaders and supports their work through training, education, and communications. This peer-to-peer network shares home-grown best practices to help other Michigan communities overcome barriers in the path toward sustainability.

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In what is expected to be a transformational project that brings play and community pride to residents, the MML Foundation is helping create a master plan for Hamtramck’s 26-acre Veterans Memorial Park. Funded through an $807,200 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, the work is a significant first step toward the renovation, maintenance, and activation of the park campus, which includes Keyworth Stadium and the Historic Hamtramck Stadium. Specifically, the grant will involve the community in determining how best to revive Keyworth and Hamtramck stadiums and the surrounding campus to meet the changing community’s needs. In addition, the grant will be used to replace the turf at Keyworth where the community’s high school and middle school teams, and the Detroit City Football Club play. While there has been planning work done to specific portions of Veterans Memorial Park, this grant will fund the first comprehensive master plan to encompass the entire 26-acre park area. This work also represents a special partnership between the City of Hamtramck, Hamtramck Public Schools, the Michigan Municipal League, the MML Foundation, Detroit City Football Club, and the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium.

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