Belle Isle is a recreational island park located in the Detroit River between Detroit and Canada — and, it’s the country’s largest city island park. At approximately 982 acres, Belle Isle is larger than New York City’s Central Park. (Fun fact: both Central Park and Belle Isle were designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law … Continued
Ben Kittelson and Kent Wyatt are headed to the land of Thomas Jefferson, Dave Matthews, and Rob Lowe (born in Charlottesville) for the Hometown Summit. They will chronicle their travels in this blog post. Feel the excitement! For more exclusive content from ELGL, join today – $0/students, $25/individuals, $250/organizations. 4/17/17 8:54 am ET – Posted by Ben … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Timothy Martin Head of Office of Citizen Engagement – City of Roanoke, VA Connect: ELGL Profile, LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? New Office of Citizen Engagement Window, middle, or aisle – which … Continued
Today marks 30 days to the #ELGL17 conference in Detroit, can you believe it? We’re gearing up and getting excited to welcome ELGLers from around the country to the Mitten State. For the next 30 days, we’ll be sharing a fun fact about Detroit, along with other interesting information related to the conference. Following along … Continued
David LaFrance Chief Executive Officer American Water Works Association LinkedIn David LaFrance serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Water Works Association he joins the podcast to talk about his work with the professional association, the challenges to Water service, Flint and more. David served as Director of Finance for Denver Water for the … Continued
We’re getting ready to release the 2017 version of the ELGL Resume Book™️ and we wanted to give everyone one last chance to get their resume added. So to get included you need to do the following by Midnight on April 22, 2017: Email a PDF of your latest resume* to Ben Kittelson at ben@elgl.org … Continued
What Works Cities (WWC) is changing local government. You’ve heard about their impact during a GovLove interview in 2016 and when WWC claimed the top spot in the ELGL Choice Award rankings. WWC returns with more exciting news. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative recently launched a new certification program that will publicly recognize the cities … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Daniel Bourdeau Chief Innovation Officer – City of Westland, MI Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Balancing human and capital resources between the need to protect data and infrastructure with making … Continued
Mariela Alfonzo has over 15 years of expertise in the field of urban design and behavior research. In 2014, Mariela was recognized as one of Urban Land Institute’s 40 under 40 best young land use professionals around the globe. In 2013, Dr. Alfonzo was awarded a Fulbright to examine walkability in China. By Mariela Alfonzo (LinkedIn), State … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. N. Zach Ratkai Economic Development Manager – City of Richland, WA Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? The largest project on my desk is a cooperative project with the Northwest Seaport … Continued
