News & Exclusives

UNC MPA Research Team: Remote Connection for Innovation Cohorts

Posted on March 27, 2020

Each spring, ELGL submits project ideas to the first-year students in Leisha Dehart-Davis’ class in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s MPA Program, and we wait with our fingers crossed to see if the students will select our program ideas. We are happy to say that our proposal was accepted, and this year we're hosting a...

COVID-19: Resources From the City of Raleigh, NC

Posted on March 18, 2020

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Rafael Baptista: Resources from the City of Raleigh, NC: City of Raleigh Q&A for small businesses (updated daily) City of Raleigh change in policy to reserve curbside pickup parking in front of restaurants. Downtown Raleigh Alliance webpage...

COVID-19: Danville, VA Coronavirus/COVID-19 Information Page

Posted on March 18, 2020

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Amanda Paez. This is the link to our Coronavirus/COVID-19 information page. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, we chose to link directly to the CDC and the Virginia Department of Health for the most accurate...

COVID-19: Resource Links for Local Businesses, Employers, & Employees Impacted by COVID-19

Posted on March 18, 2020

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Erika Bartlett. City of Tacoma's Community & Economic Development created a web page with a collection of resource links for local businesses, employers, and employees impacted by recent events. Information is broken into four categories; empowering users to...

COVID-19: What Works Cities Tracking Spreadsheet

Posted on March 18, 2020

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Zach Markovits. A spreadsheet to enable city staff and teams to provide and gather information about what is happening in cities around the country and answer the tough, challenges that all cities are facing.