#WeBuiltThisCity contrbutor Cheryl Hughes continues ELGL’s look at the growing infrastructure crisis in local governments by highlighting the impact of grassroots engagement on Palmdale, CA parks. Despite a reduction in city resources, the City of Palmdale, CA has managed to addressed aging infrastructure. Since 2013, community participation has played a major role in their approach. The Massari Makeover, in 2013, was our largest … Continued
By Carla Mays, MPA, Advising for the Innovation Economy & Smart Cities Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter It has been interesting reading the latest on Smart Cities developments coming out of India. The discourse on technology and civic innovation has raised many questions. Will a Smarter City benefit all in society? How will we support the infrastructure after … Continued
ELGL enjoyed talking with Tracy Floyd from The Community Roundtable. Tracy passed along a couple interesting items. State of Community Management & Background on The Community Roundtable In 2009, we noticed the adoption of social tools and technologies begin to skyrocket, but there was no corresponding attention being paid to community management. Our collective background … Continued
What was your local government moment? What keeps you in local government? Who have been the influences in your career? We take a deep dive into these questions by asking you (the practitioner) to tell your local government story. You can sign up to participate in the bi-monthly feature at Finding Local Government. Thanks to Matt Wojnowski, City … Continued
In this column, Brian Kelly, Joplin (MO) assistant to the city manager, will highlight innovations in local government. He will share experiences from Joplin and cities across the country. He will look at successes and failure in innovation, and offer up some plain off-the-way ideas. .By Brian Kelly – LinkedIn After I joined ELGL, Ben DeClue, … Continued
Mike Ekey, City of Raymore, MO, is our analytics guru. Each month he breaks down our website data. A few takeaways this month: The above maps shows the states where our website visitors are coming from. Jan. 2016 was the first time in the past year Facebook sent more traffic than Twitter. Random…five people found … Continued
ELGL member Shahrzad Rizvi is known for his technology expertise and ability to rock Google Glass. In the Dallas area, he’s also known for serving on the Mayor’s Star Council. The Mayor’s Star Council is made up of a group of diverse leaders from the ages of 25-40 that come from eight different areas of … Continued
O.M.G! It’s Kansas Day! Let’s celebrate by recognizing the contributions of ELGL members from the Sunflower State. My Story with Emily Vincent, City of Olathe, KS The Rule of 5: How to Succeed in Local Government On Campus with the Kansas MPA Program Rock Chalk, Jayhawk…ELGL & KU Present KU Corner The Assistant with Susan … Continued
Julie Underwood (Twitter & LinkedIn) is the Assistant City Manager of the City of Daly City, CA As I find myself approaching 20 years in the profession, I have moved from being mentored to mentoring. And in many respects, I continue to be mentored, by my city manager, department directors, peers and colleagues. I subscribe to the philosophy … Continued
What was your local government moment? What keeps you in local government? Who have been the influences in your career? We take a deep dive into these questions by asking you (the practitioner) to tell your local government story. You can sign up to participate in the bi-monthly feature at Finding Local Government. Thanks to Matt Wojnowski, City … Continued
