Local Governments at Career Fairs

Posted on February 26, 2019

This post was initially an email from ELGL Executive Director Kirsten Wyatt to a state city manager's association that asked her for advice on presenting at a college career fair. In this case, the career fair was for landscape architecture and urban planning students so some advice relates to that interest area but this advice...

Members-Only Slack Channel

Posted on February 25, 2019

The ELGL Members-Only Facebook Group is a great resource - daily, members are sharing information about their projects, programs, and communities. But, we know that people are leaving Facebook in droves and we don't want this to mean that you miss out on a helpful discussion forum about all things local government (plus some things...

Re-imagining the California DMV website

Posted on February 22, 2019

This guest blog is by ELGL member Luke Fretwell. I recently visited my local California Department of Motor Vehicles field office to renew my driver license and, because I scheduled an appointment ahead of time, my experience wasn’t the nightmare it’s traditionally made out to be. However, the designer in me couldn’t help but think about...

Share Your Asset Management Trends & Challenges

Posted on February 22, 2019

This guest blog is by ELGL members at Cartegraph: Have 60 seconds to spare? Great! Please take a moment to complete this survey on the asset management trends and challenges facing your local government. We're exited to turn these challenges directly into helpful resources to help you address and overcome them. Take the survey!