Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager for Recovery for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: Wild Rivers new EP Bedrock What I’m Watching: Checking out a new spooky series Archive81 (that I totally watch between fingers over my eyes.. I scare easily) … Continued
To celebrate Black History Month, ELGL is re-launching a writing series focused on Black joy and experiences in public service. Our goal is to highlight and amplify Black voices in local government, although posts from allies are welcome as well. You are welcome to submit your article in February or anytime during the year. Black … Continued
ELGL is pleased to share this new learning opportunity for local government leaders from our friends Judi Brown, Rebecca Woodbury, and Jason Schneider: Getting out of the hamster wheel is hard. We know we need to spend more time learning new things. We know we need to spend more time working on hard things. But … Continued
Today’s post is by Chanté Mitchell, One of ELGL’s Program Director’s (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m watching: Manifest What I’m listening to: The Read podcast What I’m doing: Planning a wedding! It’s really insane, but WOW! This is my first time writing for ELGL. For the greater part of my career in local government, I spent a large … Continued
This opportunity was shared with us by our friends at Coding It Forward. OVERVIEW The Civic Innovation Corps is a first-of-its-kind, 10-week summer internship program mobilizing the next generation of technologists to create civic impact in state and local governments across the United States. In its inaugural year, the Corps placed 55 Civic Innovation Corps … Continued
As the old adage states – don’t hate the player, hate the game. We learned at the Saturday, January 8, 2022 webinar on “Taking the Guesswork Out of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program,” using a fax machine is the best way to ensure that your paperwork certifying years of public service is received by … Continued
This cohort program is offered by our friends at UniverCity Alliance – a cross-campus initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that connects local governments across the state with university resources to solve problems. Join us in 2022! The American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange, Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N) and UW’s UniverCity Alliance are partnering … Continued
This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in the Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. The mental health of our community has been fractured due to COVID. Many people feel isolated from their community for the past two years … Continued
Hello! It’s Pavani here from Acta Solutions! 👋 It’s the new year and it’s the year of making our work work for us. Not the other way around. We’d love to hear from you about how you’re addressing staff wellness through process improvements. Join us on January 19th at 12pm ET/11am CT/ 9am PT for … Continued
ELGL is pleased to assist the U.S. Digital Response (USDR) with important research on child care benefits, intended to inform future efforts to most efficiently and effectively direct benefits to localities. USDR is looking for families that have applied for government-funded child care subsidies in 2020 and/or 2021 to interview. Compensation is provided. The screener … Continued
