Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age. I’ve chosen this book because it was available and it dives into the importance of creating meaningful relationships through networking. What I’m watching: Thor: Ragnarok. I’ve been pulled into Marvel due to their … Continued
Morning Buzz by Andy Kuhn (LinkedIn) (Twitter) What I’m Reading: Sustaining Growth: Appalachia’s Natural Gas Opportunity What I’m Watching: MLB Mariners/Astros series…..Go M’s What I’m Listening To: SiriusXM Alt Nation TL;DR: There are empty K-Marts in towns all over the U.S. and there appears to be no means of getting them filled or even demolished … Continued
Live from NFBPA: Stacy Schweikhart chronicles ELGL’s participation at the National Forum for Black Public Administrators in Cleveland, Ohio. Favorite Tweet of the Day @nfbpa1 meets @ELGL50 at #NFBPAFORUM18 https://t.co/8oK3TjS8Nv — NFBPA NTC (@NFBPA_NTC) April 20, 2018 ELGL and NFBPA ELGL and National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) aren’t done in considering ways that … Continued
What I’m listening to – My neighbor’s chicken which is crowing like a rooster (apparently that’s a thing) What I’m watching – early season baseball waiting for my Nationals to get it together What I’m doing – Enjoying a warm spring day in NW Colorado between snow storms It’s tax day! Hope all you ELGLers … Continued
In today’s Morning Buzz, I’ll be sharing about a project that I’m working on with my peers at the City of San Rafael: updating our Purchasing Policy. Right Now with Daniel A. Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Lord Huron – Wait by the River What I’m Watching – This past weekend, I watched Truth … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m reading: remember when I was excited to start Science & The City? I haven’t read a single page yet. All news and white papers. Sad. What I’m watching: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge — in 1980s Japan, game show debuted where 100 contestants tried to summit a mountain of … Continued
Morning Buzz by Kirsten Wyatt What I’m Reading: Slightly South of Simple What I’m Watching: UnReal What I’m Listening To: Songs in the Key of Life TL;DR: I love the micro hydro and hydro park concepts – in fact, both of these examples would be perfect submissions to the #WaterYouWaitingFor outreach and information sharing program! … Continued
Signs are all around, and many of them are put in our public realm by us, government. They are in our public spaces, parks, squares, and walkways – all places that are typically designed for people to come together to do the things they enjoy. However, government signs generally lists prohibited activities. No feeding the … Continued
In honor of World Landscape Architecture Month #WLAM2018, I wanted to discuss the incredible value of positioning landscape architects as key leaders in local government. Degrees in public administration, public policy, public health, and city planning get a lot of attention when discussing the type of educational background that makes for a great local government employee. … Continued
This is not a new topic in the modern age, however, in my experience, local governments tend to be the biggest offender of using their websites as dumping grounds. A common phrase amongst local government employees to webmasters is “can you put this up on our website? People need to know about this.” That’s the … Continued
