Register for #ELGL14
Prepare for #ELGL14 by learning about who is attending. Find out if you’ll be surrounded by soft talkers, loud eaters, and finger biters or whether you’ll be surrounded by the best in local government.
Ben McCready
City of Rock Island, IL — Assistant to the City Manager
(Complete the sentence) #ELGL14 is…..the embodiment of our collective interest, passion, and dedication to making great places for all of us to call “home”.
Registration for #ELGL14 cost $60. If you could use that $60 to buy something else, what would you buy?
I’d take the advice of Ron Swanson and promptly invest it in gold.
If #ELGL14 spun off into a music festival, what bands (dead or alive) would you like to see?
- Sigur Ros
- Bon Iver
- M83
- Matt & Kim
- Soggy Bottom Boys
During your time in Portland for #ELGL14, how do you plan on “Keeping Portland Weird?”
I have a short list of must visit food carts and plan to be out exploring more of Oregon the rest of the time.
(Complete the sentence) I feel old when…….What are you trying to say? I’m not old.
Supplemental Reading
- Knope of the Week: Ben McCready, Rock Island (IL)
- What ELGL Means to Me: Ben McCready, Rock Island
- The Transition with Ben McCready
- Ben McCready – Rock Island, IL – Official Website
Deeper Thoughts
- Kelly O’Neill, City of Sandy, OR
- Katy Tassery, City of Bellevue, WA
- Lisa Shaw, City of Tigard
- Alexandra Eldridge, Metro
- Maija Spencer, City of Portland
- Ian Davidson, City of Lake Oswego
- Patrick Rollens, Village of Oak Park, IL
- Zach Henkin, Drive Oregon
- Marc Gonzales, Clackamas County Finance Director
- Inessa Vitko, TriMet Public Affairs
- Bridget Doyle, Village of Lombard, IL
- Joanna Crean, City of Boulder
- David Donaldson, Woodland Park Zoo
- Mac Prichard, Prichard Communications
- Rachel Sykes, PSU MPA Student
- Kathleen Rastetter, Clackamas County, OR
- Thomas Frank, West Linn City Councilor
- Jessica Nunley Pelz, City of Newberg
- Whitney Rhodes, Pierce County, WA
- Jon Amundson, Richland, WA Assistant City Manager
- Kylie Bayer-Fertterer, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
- Nyssa Rivera, City of Forest Grove
- Gwen Voelpel, SeaTac Assistant City Manager
- Katie Babits, City of Veneta, OR
- Josh Mahar, Municipal Research and Services Center
- Heather Martin, Beery Elsner & Hammond, LLP
- Ethan Cirmo, City of Portland, OR