Category: Morning Buzz

The Phoenix Again

The last several months (years) have been tumultuous for all of us, with highs and lows, victories and defeats, moments of joy and moments of sadness. The Phoenix Again by May Sarton captures this in a beautiful way, reminding us to rise after the fall. The Phoenix Again by May Sarton On the ashes of … Continued

The Many Benefits of Community Gardens

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rebecca Cormier, ELGL member, govtech enthusiast, and environmental advocate. Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Reading: In This Together, How Republicans, Democrats, Capitalists, and Activists Are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change and More, by Trammell S. Crow and Bill Shireman What I’m Watching: The Americans-I have just started so … Continued

How To Guide American Rescue Plan Act Funds With Community Input

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Angelica Wedell, Director of Communications and Marketing at Polco / National Research Center. Follow Angelica on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson What I’m Listening to: Stuff You Should Know What I’m Watching: Dog Training Videos   About $130 billion is here to help communities … Continued

Democratizing 3-1-1: Creating an Open Source Resident Request Platform

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity Follow Ido on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Lights Out: Pride, Delusion and the fall of General Electric, by Thomas Gyrta and Ted Mann What I’m Listening to: City Hall Stories by Jack English, super interesting conversations What I’m Watching: Err…. no real time to tune in to … Continued

10 Local Government YouTube Channels That Know What They Are Doing

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Angelica Wedell, Director of Communications and Marketing at Polco / National Research Center. Follow Angelica on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson What I’m Listening to: Stuff You Should Know What I’m Watching: Various movies starring Nicholas Cage Why should a local government have a … Continued

Standing Strong Through the Thick of It: We’re #NewnanStrong

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ashley Copeland, Communications Manager for the City of Newnan, GA. Connect with Ashley on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Watching: Don’t laugh, but I’m behind on 90-Day Fiance, so I’ve been DVRing the current season, and it’s quite entertaining after a long day of work. It’s too … Continued

Local Governments in Limbo as Congress Weighs Big Tech Rules

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram. What I’m Reading: The Washington Post’s $731 million mystery about the secret identity of a Powerball winner in a small Maryland town. What I’m Re-Watching: “Blade Runner: The Final Cut” (partially to remind myself how the … Continued

Sensory Overload

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium.  She is also now on Substack where she writes about crying in public. What I’m Watching: I cut the cord on live-TV Hulu after they raised the price, so honestly I’m sort of watching … Continued

To Infinity and Beyond!

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Amie Hendrix, ELGL Board Member and Deputy County Administrator of Tompkins County, New York. Connect on Twitter or LinkedIn.  What I’m Reading: The Elevated Communicator by Maryanne O’Brien (Understanding your communication style and leveling up) and Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (Understanding why the Bridgerton Family took over Netflix) … Continued

Local Gov Made My Bad Day Better

Today’s Morning Buzz is by civic dreamer and doer Sarah Moss, MPA. She is a strategist based in Denver who helps clients solve policy and political puzzles across the United States. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter and read her past ELGL posts. What I’m Reading: Behavioral science to help state and local government with COVID-19 … Continued

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