More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Michigan, we have seen every industry impacted in one way or another — but the crisis’s unwavering ripple effect was especially evident in the area of community economic development. Eviction posed a rising threat, many people in need were not receiving federal stimulus checks,...
What is the community you are working in and what makes it unique? I’m working in Oscoda Township. It’s unique because it is in the northeast part of the state and there are so many challenges that come with being removed from freeways and being a little off the beaten path. We also think of...
This is it, my final day as an employee of the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM). It has been almost 13 years in the making; more than a quarter of my life. For those that were not around, I started at CEDAM in March of 2008. The country was in the midst of...
Written by Madeleine March-Meenagh, program analyst Program evaluations can take on many forms, but they all serve the same fundamental purpose: to see what’s working and what can be done to improve. (Sometimes they can even help us check off a funding requirement!) Every three years, CEDAM reevaluates its AmeriCorps State program for all of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2020 Contact: Sarah Teater, Program Manager, CEDAM (517) 485-2588 ext. 1949 | teater@cedamichigan.org Fellows will expand organizational capacity, increase local collaboration, and remove barriers to development. Lansing, MI—The Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM)...
This article was originally posted on the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM)’s blog earlier this week. Enjoy! The Bright Side is a CEDAM program committed to telling the stories of CEDAM members and other organizations helping Michigan’s people and communities. Each episode focuses on a different topic in community economic development. CEDAM members are...
