QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – In January, Consumers Energy announced their first “Put Your Town on the Map” competition – an effort to strengthen rural communities with grants that will energize towns in the Lower Peninsula.
Thursday they announced that a project in Quincy is one of the 10 finalists.
The Village of Quincy is proposing the development of Market 1858, a pop-up retail market. Officials will be making their pitch to be chosen as the winning project April 17 at the 2019 Small Town and Rural Development Conference in Thompsonville, Michigan.
Officials from Consumers Energy will provide $7,500 to the winning project, with runners-up receiving $5,000 and $2,500. Consumers Energy spokesman Bryan Wheeler says the hope is that the funding, and attention now being paid to the finalists,will provide important momentum to make these projects a reality.
