After attending the ASAE conference, and then the ICMA conference, it dawned on me that the (short) history of ELGL should be recorded and shared. Why? Mainly to capture the story of ELGL, and also to share how our organization operates and how that’s very different than most groups. Previously: Lunch for 16 After the … Continued
AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas shares her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview. When we are going about the important work of planning and shaping cities, it is important to not oversimplify the group of people we serve. After all, … Continued
It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Lauren Freeman AmeriCorps VISTA working in Albion, Michigan Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter Albion attractions: Albion’s Historic Bohm Theatre – An amazing example of community collaboration and resilience, received prestigious Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, and has … Continued
For the third consecutive year, we excited to be a community partner for the Elevating Impact Summit. The summit is a must attend for those in the Portland area. Check out interview on the 2016 event – Exploring Social Entrepreneurship with Abby Chroman. Register with our 20% off Community Partner discount code: PARTNER18 Join over 450 … Continued
This is a guest blog by Wendy Sanford the Transportation Director in the city of Fairfax, Virginia Public Works Department. Wendy and the city of Fairfax have received a lot of regional support for their two year transportation funding timeline, so ELGL asked her to write about her success developing this timeline. Have a cool financial … Continued
This is your chance to spend a “day in the life” of another local government at #ELGL18. We’ll match you up with a neighboring local government to spend the day in their organization, learning about their challenges and opportunities, and expanding your local government network. Transportation and lunch are included. Please note that this opportunity … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Reading: The Medicalization of America by Peter Conrad What I’m Listening to: Sage Francis – A Healthy Distrust What I’m Watching: Game 7 of the World Series (My first baseball game of the season!) Hey, how have you been? Are you taking care of yourself? I hope so. You look … Continued
“There’s an App for That,” by CitySourced. CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) is an enterprise platform that provides governments with a complete native mobile app for residents to communicate with every department of their community: Mobile | Web | 311 | CRM. What do Youtube, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and LinkedIn have in common? They all have incredible brand awareness, well known web … Continued
Rachel Zinn with the city of Baltimore, MD penned this local gov finance parody song and Phil Smith-Hanes knew it’d be a hit with ELGL. Just when you thought you hadn’t heard enough songs about pivot tables, ELGL is here to help: But wait! There’s more! Phil took a crack at his own set of … Continued
Thanks to YOUR support, the ELGL Diversity Dashboard is fully funded. We received donations ranging in size from $10 to $12,500 – and combined, all of those donations will fund the important research on diversity in local government leadership. In the coming week, we’ll be: Posting the job description for the MPA/MPP student researchers Collecting … Continued
