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Podcast: Student-Led Sustainability Action Planning with Victoria Castor & Steve Russell

Victoria Caster Water Conservation & Sustainability Coordinator City of Peoria, Arizona LinkedIn Steve Russell Program Manager – Project Cities Arizona State University LinkedIn Students helping cities. Victoria Caster, Water Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator at the City of Peoria, AZ, and Steve Russell, Program Manager of Project Cities at Arizona State University, joined the podcast to … Continued

Free Support Circle for Work-Life Balance: Avoiding Burnout

ELGL is proud to be partnering with Circles to provide our members with free support. Our first two support groups begin next week. This opportunity is free and open to all ELGL members. Learn practical and emotional tools to ease your stress, gain relief, and get back a sense of control. Learn More & Sign … Continued

Webinar Rewind: Meeting Public Access Obligations

This webinar originally aired on April 27, 2021. What happens to the relationship between local government and residents when traditional tools of public access and engagement are off the table? Recognizing that no single platform or process can address every need, particularly in the unprecedented time of COVID-19, this webinar will explore strategies for fulfilling … Continued

Public Engagement Unites Communities

This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in Rachel’s Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. Recently, I read an article that stated public engagement is pointless. I disagree! Public engagement is key to uniting communities and to building trust … Continued

Beep, Beep, Jeep! Lessons from the Road on Life and #LocalGov

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: Brain Food playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: everything pirates, per Zach (5) What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng thanks to my wonderful Birthdays & Books buddy, Karen Dempsey! *** My husband and I … Continued

Do Clothes Still Make the (Wo)man? 👠

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, the Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, Tennessee. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m reading: The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence by Jessica Lahey What I’m watching: Couples Therapy What I’m listening to: 87.7 Drake … Continued

Podcast: COVID-19 Relief Spending with Michael Hotard and Kevin Kearney

Michael Hotard Director of Operations CivicPulse Twitter | LinkedIn Kevin Kearney City Manager City of Bradbury, CA LinkedIn How relief funds are being spent. Michael Hotard, Director of Operations at CivicPulse, and Kevin Kearney, City Manager of the City of Bradbury, California, joined the podcast to talk about COVID-19 relief funding for local government. They discussed … Continued

GovLove Chats: Cathy B. Bailey

GovLove Chats is a new web series presented by ELGL and Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW). These funny, not-so-serious chats kick off this month with GCWW Executive Director Cathy B. Bailey who serves on the ELGL Board of Directors. The series will run throughout 2021. These light-hearted conversations are an opportunity to highlight local government leaders and … Continued

Rewind: Innovations in Local Government Procurement

This webinar originally aired on April 26, 2021. The Town of Morrisville, NC grew vendor response for their public wifi solicitation by 266% thanks to a new partnership with UrbanLeap. Learn more about Morrisville’s experience in this webinar on April 26, 2021 at 10PT/1ET. Speaker: Rich Ralph, the CIO of the Town of Morrisville Discussion topics: How … Continued

Power of Partnerships

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Nina Vetter, Pueblo West Metro District Manager. Connect with Nina on LinkedIn. When I take a moment to reflect on what we do well in my team, in our organization, and in our region, one thing keeps showing up strong – we believe in and we live in the power … Continued