Marquette Citizens Academy

Have you ever wondered why MPD has a canine unit, how your water is kept clean and safe for drinking, or how it gets determined which roads will be repaired each year? Learn all that and more during Marquette's first Citizens Academy!

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Marquette's next Citizens Academy will be held in Spring 2025

Participants will meet once weekly at a city building for presentations and tours of city functions. There will be a different guest each week to present on their work in the city. At the end of the 10 week program, there will be a graduation ceremony at a City Commission meeting.

Sample Program

Tours

Enjoy private tours of the Police Department, Fire Department, Water Treatment Plant, and more!

Presentations

Learn from the people working in the City about how the City works! Receive special presentations and materials about the inner workings of Marquette's City government.

Special Guests

Enjoy presentations by City staff including members of the City Commission, the City Manager, the City Clerk, and more!

Graduation

After attending all sessions, participants will get to graduate at a City Commission meeting in the fall!

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Citizen's Academy

Application/interest form for Marquette Citizen's Academy

Apply to the Citizen's Academy 2nd Cohort

Dates have yet to be set for the second cohort, but will be sometime in winter/spring 2025.
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Preference will be given to resident applicants, but non-residents are still welcome to apply.
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Photo Release
Photographs may be taken during the Marquette Citizens Academy sessions and may be used in Marquette's printed and electronic promotional materials. Do you give the City of Marquette permission to use photos of you?
What do you hope to get out of the experience? What do you hope to learn through you participation?
Photographs may be taken during the Marquette Citizens Academy sessions and may be used in Marquette's printed and electronic promotional materials. By signing you give the City of Marquette permission to take and publish photos of you during your participation in the Marquette Citizen's Academy.