Today, #ELGL14 committee member Inessa Vitko shares why Portlandia, TriMet and #ELGL14 are a match made in heaven We are one month away from #ELGL14!!! If you are coming from out of town, you probably have wrapped up most of your travel plans. You reserved a hotel room, maybe even at the Kennedy School and … Continued
Check out the speakers for #ELGL14 – Growing Our Regional Economy. John Topanga, President, ECONorthwest Bio: John Tapogna is President of ECONorthwest and oversees the firm’s overall business strategy and operations. Since his arrival at ECONorthwest in 1997, Tapogna has built practices in education, healthcare, human service, and tax policy. He has directed analyses and evaluations … Continued
Update: The creators of Cards Against Urbanity have generously offer to provide a prototype deck for #ELGL14. You’ll have the chance to offer up your card suggestions during #ELGL14. “We Built This City on: Hot Hipsters.” Cards Against Urbanity: The Card Game for Horrible Places ELGL is in love, and we invite our 616 members to join … Continued
With only 120 spots at the conference, and an ELGL membership of more than 600 people in 25 states, you can imagine that there are many of our members who are disappointed they can’t attend the conference. So, we are beefing up our social media presence (even more than usual!) for the conference so ELGL members can follow … Continued
Check out the great panel we have for our session on Managing a College Town and the relationship between a city and an educational institution! Jon Ruiz, City Manager, Eugene, OR Bio: CEO of 1500 person organization, professional adviser to mayor and 8 elected council members, ambassador in the community First paying job: Cook at seafood … Continued
Who are the speakers at #ELGL14, you ask? Over the next few weeks we’ll be releasing the bios for the speakers you’ll be learning from at the conference! For our session on The Social Media Scene, you’ll be hearing from Patrick Rollens, Social Media Coordinator, Oak Park, IL Bio: I work at the intersection of social media, local … Continued
It’s our pleasure to announce the tenth #ELGL14 conference sponsor: the City of Wilsonville, Oregon! Are you interested in becoming an #ELGL14 sponsor? Click here to learn more and sign up today – spaces are limited. A huge high five to the City of Wilsonville – welcome to the #ELGL14 team!
It’s our pleasure to announce the ninth #ELGL14 conference sponsor: the City of Beaverton, Oregon! We have a long history of learning from Beaverton employees – and we’re excited they’ll be in full force at #ELGL14. Are you interested in becoming an #ELGL14 sponsor? Click here to learn more and sign up today – spaces are limited. A … Continued
It’s our pleasure to announce the seventh #ELGL14 conference sponsor: Clackamas County! There are so many wonderful members of ELGL from Clackamas County, that this is a sponsorship that really makes sense. We can’t wait to see more of our Clackamas friends at #ELGL14! Are you interested in becoming an #ELGL14 sponsor? Click here to learn more and … Continued
It’s our pleasure to announce the sixth #ELGL14 conference sponsor: the University of Oregon Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management! Are you interested in becoming an #ELGL14 sponsor? Click here to learn more and sign up today – spaces are limited. A huge high five to the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management – welcome to the … Continued
