ELGL Willamette Valley Lunch Forum Join ELGL’s Willamette Valley chapter this Thursday, June 20th at noon to hear from Elena Fracchia Associate Director of Income at United Way of Lane County. “All communities have an ingrained narrative which can help to accelerate or block effective civic action. The key is to know the narratives at … Continued
The Portland Police Sunshine Division is in need of volunteers to help deliver food boxes this Saturday, June 22nd. The Sunshine Division delivers emergency food boxes and clothing to Portland families and individuals in need. This Saturday they need help delivering over 1,000 food boxes to school age children in Portland. This is part of … Continued
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Twitter and Vizify recently partnered up to create a feature that Twitter is calling #FollowMe. Essentially Vizify takes the information from your Twitter account and makes a video showing your top tweets, some of the pictures you’ve posted, and the other Twitter accounts that you interact with the most. The feature is used to promote … Continued
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they … Continued
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kNF4M-HlU&w=560&h=315] We heard from Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy Ferguson in our first edition of the Elected. Mayor Ferguson discussed Milwaukie’s flirtation with the Yakima Bears. Today, we hear from Aron Carleson, Hillsboro Council President who was part of the effort in bringing the Bears to Hillsboro. Tonight is the first home game for the Hillsboro Hops and … Continued
What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition and prizes that we are not at … Continued
The Center for Priority Based Budgeting is extending its social media discount to ELGL members! If you register for their conference “A Summit of Leading Practices” by 2pm on Friday, June 14th you’ll receive a 20% discount on the cost of admission. For more information and to register visit their website.
This is your opportunity to learn more about managing public safety operations from Lake Oswego Police Chief Johnson, Clackamas County Undersheriff Kirby, and Milwaukie Police Chief Jordan. Come get the inside scoop on what public safety management expects from local government leaders. When: June 20, 2013 from 12 – 1 PM. While lunch will not … Continued
In a way Cal Horton introduced several ELGL members (Heather Martin, Kent Wyatt, and Kirsten Wyatt) to the world of local government in Oregon. While first year students at the UNC MPA program, we signed up for a City Management class taught by Cal Horton, Chapel Hill town manager (at the time) and David Ammons, … Continued
