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Podcast: Recreation Programming and Behavioral Health with Cameron Marlin, Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District

Cameron Marlin General Manager Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District LinkedIn Holistic wellness. Cameron Marlin, the General Manager of the Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District, joined the podcast to talk about how they offered new recreation programming to meet the community’s mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shared how they identified instructors, partnered with … Continued

Building Multiracial Cities, Race and Equity Cohorts- Apply by January 3rd!

Join us in January 2022 as we start a 6-week guided course for staff and officials that are integral in helping build their cities Race and Equity efforts! By the year 2045, the United States will be a majority of people of color in society. 43% of US millennials are people of color and 47% … Continued

Permission To Screw Up: Book Reflection By Jeannetta Maxena

On November 18, 2021 ELGL members discussed “Permission to Screw Up” by Kristen Hadeed for the ELGL Book Club. We gave away six signed copies of the book to our members and asked them to write reflections on the book. Here’s the reflection post by Jeannetta Maxena, MPA. Senior Management Fellow, City of Fort Lauderdale. … Continued

Messy in the Middle

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Greg Anderson, Management Analyst & Grants Coordinator, with the City of O’Fallon, Illinois. Connect with Greg on LinkedIn. What I’m currently reading: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid What I’m currently watching: Succession What I’m listening to: Human album by OneRepublic Managing and leading a team is challenging. It often seems like … Continued

Accepting Applications from Students and Local Governments: Winter 2022 PAFR Fellowship Program

ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) created the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. This program connects graduate students with local governments that wish to develop a PAFR for submission to the GFOA … Continued

Only Sweat the Small Stuff

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Joe Warren, Assistant City Manager for the City of Atchison, KS. What I’m reading: The Advantage, by Patrick Lencioni What I’m watching: The Morning Show What I’m listening to: Sturgill Simpson All my life I’ve been told, “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” as a way of letting minor setbacks roll … Continued

Podcast: Strategies for Affordable Housing with Jerrah Crowder and Namon Freeman

Jerrah Crowder Manager, Office of Affordability and Sustainable Housing City of Newark, NJ Contact Namon Freeman Manager – Housing Affordability Bloomberg Associates Linkedin Building a foundation. Two guests joined the podcast to talk about strategies for affordable housing. Jerrah Crowder is a Manager for the Office of Affordability and Sustainable Housing for the City … Continued

Test Corrections

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Erin Krause Riley, the Adult Services Coordinator for Scottsdale Public Library in Arizona. You can connect with ekr on LinkedIn What I’m reading: about six books right now, including Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit, Palaces for the People by Eric Klineberg and Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by … Continued

I Have to Ask: What Have been the Keys to Sustaining Scottsdale’s High Performance and Innovation Team?

In this series, guest columnists reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Cassie Johnson Strategic Initiatives Director for the Scottsdale Police Department. Cassie can be reached on Twitter and LinkedIn. Sign up to be the next guest columnist for the ‘I Have to Ask’ column. With so much employee turnover … Continued

Auditors: Doing Important, Iterative, and Sometimes Lonely Work

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Emily E. Kidd, Internal Auditor for the City of Reno, Nevada. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter @emilyekidd Reading: No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear by Kate Bowler Watching: Holiday Baking Championship Listening to: The Drop Out: Elizabeth Holmes on Trial As the … Continued