2008 Legislative Build:

Connecting Legislators with their Constituents

and Community Economic Development

What is it? The Legislative Build is an advocacy event in 2008 that matches Michigan Senators and Michigan Representatives with community development projects in their district - with the goal of a legislator working on a project in every district!

Goals of the Legislative Build:

To educate the state legislature and general public of Michigan of the need for affordable housing and economic development within our communities.
To demonstrate economic impact of programs that produce affordable housing, economic and downtown development projects
Provide a learning experience for affordable housing providers to receive exposure to and training on how to engage decision makers for increased attention and subsequently more resources to advance their missions.

Community Development Activities will include:

Affordable housing construction projects
Downtown development projects
Neighborhood cleanups/fix-ups
Demolitions and deconstructions
Ribbon cutting or celebrations as supplemental to involvement in physical participation with improvement projects noted above

DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT?

Complete the 1 pg. Interest Form and fax or email it to Tom at Habitat for Humanity or Emily at CEDAM

(Picture from the Press Conference announcing the Legislative Build, February 14th, 2008) - Press Release

Pictured above, the Legislative Advisory Committee is:

Senator Mark Jansen (R), District 28

Senator Martha Scott (D), District 2

Representative Steve Tobocman (D), District 12

Representative John Proos (R), District 79

Here is the list of Senators who have confirmed their participation

(as of 4/16/08)

NAME	DISTRICT	NAME	DISTRICT
Hansen Clarke	1	Mark Schauer	19
Martha Scott	2	Ron Jelinek	21
Irma Clark-Coleman	3	Valde Garcia	22
Samuel "Buzz" Thomas	4	Gretchen Whitmer	23
Tupac Hunter	5	Patricia Birkholz	24
Glenn Anderson	6	Judson Gilbert	25
Raymond Basham	8	Deb Cherry	26
Dennis Olshove	9	John Gleason	27
Michael Switalski	10	Mark Jansen	28
Mike Bishop	12	Bill Hardiman	29
John Pappageorge	13	Wayne Kuipers	30
Gilda Jacobs	14	Jim Barcia	31
Nancy Cassis	15	Roger Kahn	32
Cameron Brown	16	Alan Cropsey	33
Randy Richardville	17	Gerald VanWoerkom	34
Liz Brater	18	Michelle McManus	35
		Tony Stamas	36

Thank you to those Senators who have committed to this project!

If your legislator is not on the list, please contact your Senator today and encourage them to participate.

There was a resolution passed in support of the Legislative Build:

MICHIGAN LEGISLATORS SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITIES!

Here is the list of Representatives who have confirmed their participation

(as of 4/16/08)

NAME	DISTRICT	NAME	DISTRICT
Bert Johnson	5	Jacob Hoogendyk	61
Marsha Cheeks	6	Mike Nofs	62
Shanelle Jackson	9	Mike Simpson	65
Gabe Leland	10	Barb Byrum	67
Steve Tobocman	12	Joan Bauer	68
Gino Polidori	15	Mark Meadows	69
Bob Constan	16	Rick Jones	71
Richard LeBlanc	18	David Agema	74
Phillip LaJoy	21	Robert Dean	75
Hoon-Yung Hopgood	22	Michael Sak	76
Kathleen Law	23	Kevin Green	77
Steve Bieda	25	Neal Nitz	78
Marie Donigan	26	John Proos	79
Andy Meisner	27	Tonya Schuitmaker	80
Lisa Wojno	28	Phil Pavlov	81
Tim Melton	29	Terry Brown	84
Fred Miller	31	Richard Ball	85
Daniel Acciavatti	32	Dave Hildenbrand	86
Kim Meltzer	33	Brian Calley	87
Brenda Clack	34	Fulton Sheen	88
Aldo Vagnozzi	37	Bill Huizenga	90
Michael Prusi	38	Mary Valentine	91
Chuck Moss	40	Doug Bennett	92
Marty Knollenberg	41	Paul Opsommer	93
Jim Marleau	46	Kenneth Horn	94
Richard Hammel	48	Andy Coulouris	95
Lee Gonzales	49	Tim Moore	97
Ted Hammon	50	John Moolenaar	98
Pam Byrnes	52	Bill Caul	99
Rebekah Warren	53	Goeff Hansen	100
Alma Smith	54	David Palsrok	101
Kathy Angerer	55	Darwin Booher	102
Bruce Caswell	58	Kevin Elsenheimer	105
Rick Shaffer	59	Gary McDowell	107
Robert Jones	60	Steven Lindberg	109

Thank you to those Representatives who have committed to this project!

If your legislator is not on the list, please contact your Representative today and encourage them to participate.

Partner Organizations:

Read the Fact Sheet for more information on each group