App for That! Redefining Civic Engagement for Your Community

Posted on December 14, 2017

Brought to you by CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook), an enterprise platform for local and state government that was founded in 2008.  Citizen engagement is the holy grail of the work done by local government. Of course, local government helps maintain our core infrastructures like roads, sewers, and waterways; it also provides public education for our kids, but these...

November Financial Report

Posted on December 12, 2017

Here's the November financial report for ELGL. Notably, the resources from the Diversity Dashboard Kickstarter are shown in the "resources" section. In future months when expenditures are made, we'll track them in a separate "requirements" section too.

Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects

Posted on December 11, 2017

H/T to ELGL member Kitty Wooley for sharing this Congressional Research Service report on the causes, processes, and effects during a federal government shutdown. Download the report

This Is Us: Legal & Financial Stuff

Posted on December 9, 2017

After attending the ASAE conference, and then the ICMA conference, it dawned on me that the (short) history of ELGL should be recorded and shared. Why? Mainly to capture the story of ELGL, and also to share how our organization operates and how that's very different than most groups. Previously: Lunch for 16, Living Room...

Order Your 2018 ELGL Calendar

Posted on December 7, 2017

Deck your office with the coolest local government calendar in the universe - the 2018 ELGL calendar. It's chock full o' your favorite local gov friends - pictures from #CityHallSelfie day, the Twitter Chain, #ELGL17, #ELGLPopUps, Supper Clubs, and other great events from this year. We're only selling 50, so sign up soon so you...