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Do you have a passion to help make a great new public space in your community?
Designed by MEDC in collaboration with the Michigan Municipal League, PSCP is a crowdgranting initiative that can provide matching grant funds for crowdfunded public space projects through Patronicity, an online, crowdfunding platform.
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A Look at Public Spaces Community Places in FY2025
For 11 years, the MEDC’s grant match program has invited the public to contribute to projects that create vibrant and active community spaces throughout the state. FY2025 saw 31 projects completed, from new murals for the Pleasant Peninsula Mural Festival in Grand Rapids to a new exhibit at the Besser Museum in Alpena.
Read MoreCurling and Community in the Keweenaw
The “Drill Shop” in Calumet was originally built in 1885 as a manufacturing facility for drilling equipment. The building sat vacant for nearly 40 years before it was renovated by the Copper Country Curling Club. The club partnered with Patronicity to launch a community crowdfunding campaign supported by matching funds through MEDC’s Public Spaces, Community Places program.
Public Spaces Community Places is a grant match program that utilizes donation-based crowdfunding to generate public interest and funding to revitalize or create public spaces. Communities, nonprofits, and municipalities can submit projects by applying for a Patronicity crowdgranting campaign. Crowdgranting utilizes web-based donations, so projects are accessible to anyone willing to donate in real-time.
In 2025, PSCP invested in 31 projects across the state of Michigan, with eight of these projects being universally accessible public spaces. The program reached a 97% success rate and included nine communities participating in the program for the first time.
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