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It’s Alive, Again….The January Resume Book

If you’re an ELGL member and you want to submit your resume to the book just email a PDF copy to Ben Kittelson at ben@elgl.org. New Year, new installment of the ELGL Resume Book. We have eight new additions to the living document with experiences ranging from engineering to city management and economic development. The … Continued

January Confidential: The Fall of a City

With December 2015 in the rear view mirror, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt returns with all the news and happenings that are deemed important in the Wyatt household. January 16 Dud! I’m just here so I won’t get fined…. Since you asked, I’ve decided watching the Seahawks get blown out is preferable to losing the Super Bowl at … Continued

#1: The City Planner Behind Parks and Rec

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted … Continued

#2: Check It

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted … Continued

#3: Using Data to Fight Crime

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted … Continued

#4: And You Are….a Senior Management Analyst?!?!?

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted … Continued

What I Am with Emily Morrison, Knox County, OH

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome to our new member feature. We’ve all heard the excuse “I’m too busy” so we’ve simplified our feature to illicit short, meaningful responses for our new members. As a side note, ELGL is adamantly opposed to the excuse, “I’m too busy.”

ELGL & UTA Challenge: User’s Guide to Creating #LocalGovSolutions

That’s a wrap! Below is a summary of the 2015 ELGL & UTA Challenge. The collaboration was the first of its kind between ELGL and an academic institution. We look forward to building off its success with UTA and other academic institutions.  Background: ELGL issued the Local Government Challenge to Dr. Colleen Casey’s class of Ph.D candidates in the Department of … Continued

#5: Millennials Are Not Adults

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted … Continued

Webinar: Three Perspectives on Advancing Workforce Equity

Register for the webinar The Details Our next ELGL webinar on January 6 will explore the important topic of workforce equity with Julie Nelson, Director of the Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity. Racial inequities are not random; they have been created and sustained over time. Inequities will also not disappear on … Continued

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