Tanner Deisch Parks & Recreation Facilities Coordinator, City of Greensboro, NC Twitter | LinkedIn So far, what’s your proudest accomplishment in 2019? Working with a community advisory board to develop a long term plan for our historic boxing facility with the Parks & Recreation department. Valentines Day is in February. What do you “love” about … Continued
This blog was co-created by ELGL members Lawrence Grodeska and judi lynn brown with input from the rest of the CivicMakers team, and is cross-posted from the CivicMakers site. The govtech movement holds great promise, but is hindered by a glaring blindspot — the assumption that technology alone will solve our public problems, without considering either the … Continued
Celebrate. When many think of local government, that may not be the first word that comes to mind. Local government, as you all intimately know, is hard work. The work we do for our communities allows the people who live there to thrive, but it also is necessary for survival. At ELGL we aim to … Continued
KS: Michael Wilkes, City of Olathe, City Manager MARCH 31, 2014 BY ELGL Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated … Continued
#ELGL18 takes place May 16, 17, and 18 in Golden, Colorado. In the coming days, we’ll announce each of the speakers and sessions. You can register for #ELGL18 here. #ELGL18: Continuing the #13Percent Conversation In 2015, ELGL leaders grabbed a megaphone and began speaking often (and loudly) about the disappointing lack of growth of female City Managers … Continued
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 After the … Continued
This is a guest post by Rachel Keyser, Digital Media Manager for ViewPoint Cloud (an #ELGL17 sponsor). Read cases studies and information about e-permitting from Rachel’s team to learn more about the important work of ViewPoint Cloud. This post originally appeared on the ViewPoint Cloud site. Editor’s note: Rachel’s use of the m-word is allowed … Continued
Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. This week I was in Greenville, SC with ELGL Co-Founder and hoodie enthusiast, Kent Wyatt. I also wish I could sit in a big rig like our POTUS and recorded a GovLove episode with the … Continued
Meet Jacob Johnson, ELGL’s new project coordinator for the #InstitutionalKnowledge project. As part of this project, we’re interviewing retired or soon-to-retire local government pros about their careers, lessons learned, and perspectives on the future of local government. Hi, I’m Jacob! I am currently studying as an undergraduate in English at Brigham Young University in Provo, … Continued
Let’s meet our Trending Now! finalists starting with the City of Hamilton, OH. Hat tip to Adam Helms for coordinating the city’s response. The 4-1-1 on Hamilton Journal News: Hamilton advances to final four of a social media contest The digital front door to the city of Hamilton, OH (population of 62,447) is a very ungovernment-like website that … Continued
