Category: Morning Buzz

Make It A Good Day

Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnerships Manager, City of Long Beach, California What I’m Listening To: Heart Like A Levee Album by Hiss Golden Messenger (from Durham, North Carolina…now isn’t that serendipitous!) What I’m Reading: Examples of park strategic plans What I’m Watching: Brooklyn 99, Season 7 On my way to school each morning when … Continued

Men Who Empower Women Leaders: A Story of Permission Vs. Support

The Buzz with Jordan Rae Hillman, Deputy Director of City Planning for the city of Jackson, Mississippi Women have been the subject of the Morning Buzz pretty often the past few months. If you missed any of them, now is a great time to catch up. March was also Women’s History Month and of course that … Continued

Why Are We Having an Innovation Summit at #ELGL19?

  Today’s Morning Buzz is by Josh Edwards, so be kind or not– either way connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To:   Weezer Radio on Spotify (still..) What I’m Reading:  The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller  What I’m Watching: Last Few Weeks of English Premier League In local government innovation, it’s easy to feel … Continued

Connect for a Bigger Purpose Than Networking

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt What I’m Reading: Just finished Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. What I’m Watching: Real Housewives of Atlanta season finale What I’m Listening To: Getting ready to plane-binge some Throughline podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWr-X4s3vE Here’s a fun fact about the founding of ELGL: I didn’t want to do it. … Continued

The Census is Coming! Have you Started your CCC?

By: Christian M. Williams @mypublictweeter The 2020 Decennial Census is right around the corner! April 1 will mark the one-year countdown before residents are asked to submit this very important information. As part of these efforts, many municipalities and governments across the country have formed Complete Count Committees (CCC). These committees educate, engage with and motivate … Continued

Why Do I Only Remember the Unfinished Work?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Josh Edwards, his first ever, so be kind or not– either way connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To:  Weezer Radio on Spotify What I’m Reading:  The Invention of Nature, Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World  What I’m Watching: The ACC Dominate March Madness! In college, one of my best … Continued

Best Practices from Award Winning Parks & Open Spaces

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt: What I’m Reading: Just finished Nine Perfect Strangers and it was really odd. But it did make me wonder if micro-dosing LSD would make me more productive… What I’m Watching: I watched “Are We There Yet” with my kids on our Spring Break road trip, and then had … Continued

Take Your Agency’s Emoji Use to 💯

Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I’m watching: “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” — and the accompanying Twitter frenzy about whether former CEO Elizabeth Holmes used a fake voice. What I’m listening to: The lineup for the just-concluded Treefort Music Fest, one of my favorite spring traditions and another great reason … Continued

How Greater Portland’s Tech Challenge is Making Cities Smarter

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Anna Marum – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m watching: Bates Motel What I’m listening to: Fleetwood Mac What I’m reading: The Gunslinger, volume 1 in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series As the Smart Cities movement takes hold of our collective consciousness, communities across America … Continued

On Birth and the Opposite

This is the second Morning Buzz by Dr. Sarah Martin. Follow her on Twitter @SarahKCMO What I’m Listening To: J. Cole, Middle Child What I’m Watching: Shrill on Hulu (bc I finished the Queer Eye Season 3 set in KCMO in one day) What I’m Reading: I’ve started a one-woman Democratic presidential candidate book club. … Continued

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