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We recorded our Zoom conversation, where we were joined by special guests John LaMacchia, Assistant Director of State & Federal Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League, Richard Norton, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan, and Melissa Wiatrolik, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Environment reporter Kelly House moderated this engaging discussion and more than 130 Bridge readers tuned in, asking many important questions that our guest speakers answered in real time.

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Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on high water levels in Michigan

by Amber DeLind and Kathryn Dugal, Bridge Michigan
September 30, 2020

<h1>Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on high water levels in Michigan</h1> <p class="byline">by Amber DeLind and Kathryn Dugal, Bridge Michigan <br />September 30, 2020</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0c371f8a-7fff-2ec3-4727-bd0f1a2ebd16">If you missed Tuesday’s Lunch Break discussion on what high water levels mean for Michigan, we’ve got your back.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><b id="docs-internal-guid-93437ffd-7fff-abf1-4155-57c5ef4f65f5">Related stories:</b></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><b><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/what-do-high-water-levels-mean-michigan-join-us-online-discuss">What do high water levels mean for Michigan? Join us online to discuss.</a> </b></li> <li><b id="docs-internal-guid-93437ffd-7fff-abf1-4155-57c5ef4f65f5"><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-bridges-lunch-break-discussion-k-12-education-landscape">Watch Bridge’s Lunch Break discussion on the K-12 education landscape</a> </b></li> <li><b id="docs-internal-guid-93437ffd-7fff-abf1-4155-57c5ef4f65f5"><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/center-michigan/missed-bridges-discussion-racial-justice-michigan-watch-video">Missed Bridge’s discussion on racial justice in Michigan? Watch the video</a> </b></li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da656ac5-7fff-9cf8-7bc9-6c0738fc512c">We recorded our Zoom conversation, where we were joined by special guests John LaMacchia, </span><a href="http://www.mml.org/newsroom/about_bios.html#lamacchia">Assistant Director of State &amp; Federal Affairs</a> for the <a href="http://www.mml.org/">Michigan Municipal League</a>, Richard Norton, <a href="https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/faculty/directory/richard-norton">Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan</a>, and Melissa Wiatrolik, <a href="https://www.ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/OdawaRegister/Legislative/Statutes/2019/2019-006%20Tribal%20Historic%20Preservation%20Office%20Statute.pdf">Tribal Historic Preservation Officer</a> for the <a href="https://www.ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/index.html">Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians</a>. Environment reporter Kelly House moderated this engaging discussion and more than 130 Bridge readers tuned in, asking many important questions that our guest speakers answered in real time.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-da656ac5-7fff-9cf8-7bc9-6c0738fc512c">Watch the video here:</span></p> </p> <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-0de94967-7fff-c515-61d8-ed1331ab0dc2">We’ll be holding our next Lunch Break discussion next week! On Oct. 8, we’re hosting a Zoom discussion on the ins and outs of the November election. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLBLWTq_LMsv-Cnf7z54vyfsqzmyU-gchmOFbXjUp9Kgrv3A/viewform">Register for the event here</a>.</div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-bridges-lunch-break-discussion-high-water-levels-michigan/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=6423&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/center-michigan/watch-bridges-lunch-break-discussion-high-water-levels-michigan/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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