I Have to Ask: DFW –> PDX

Posted on November 13, 2018

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Lindsay Jacques, City of Hillsboro, Oregon, writes about moving from Texas to Oregon. As you might imagine, moving from Texas to Oregon comes with quite a bit of culture shock. What I didn’t quite anticipate as...

#VLGMFProfiles: Douglas Chimenti – Town of Kiowa, CO

Posted on November 12, 2018

Douglas Chimenti Town Administrator - Kiowa, Colorado Tell us about your time in the military and what made you interested in enlisting. I was commissioned in the Army in 1996 from R.O.T.C. out of Xavier University in Cincinnati. I always wanted to join the military since a little boy and made that dream come true....

3 Ways Your City Can Break the Mold

Posted on October 23, 2018

By Keifer Johnson – National Research Center, Inc. (NRC)   Making a great city is never an easy job. Ask any city manager, finance director, or other community leader. Some say maintaining the status quo is the best way to ensure what’s best for your city, but that is not always the case. Local governments can...

Role of the PIO: Being Responsive and Transparent

Posted on October 22, 2018

Are there too many public information officers (PIOs)?  Sherry Fletcher, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, City of Stillwater, Meagan Kascsak, Communications Coordinator, City of Stillwater, and Jasmine Sievert, TV/Video Specialist, City of Stillwater share their perspective.  Are there too many public information officers?  For local government, we think PIOs are spread too thin and wear too many...