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Vibrant, Welcoming Public Spaces

This is the next installment in AJ Fawver's Planning & Shaping Cities blog series. If you’ve been part of a city or county budget discussion, or tried to undertake a project related to green space, then you’re familiar with the common rhetoric that parks and public spaces aren’t top priorities. After all, it isn’t public...

Failure to Maintain Lane (FTML)

If you have a driver's license you may vaguely remember "Failure to Maintain Lane (FTML)" traffic violation from driver's education. It is one of the most common violations that causes accidents. It can lead to drifting into oncoming traffic or swerving to avoid an accident. and causing an accident. If a driver change lanes, the...

CCCMA Presents Four Sustainovation Workshops

Nick Kittle’s Sustainovation Workshop CCCMA is pleased to offer an awesome training for local government leaders! Put action behind your creativity. Nick is an award winning civic innovator and #ELGL18 celebrity. $80 for CCCMA and ELGL members (includes lunch) - register online for one of four locations and dates. The program runs from 8:00 a.m....

New Blog Series Alert: #GovireeLife

ELGL is excited to announce a new monthly column starting in August from retired Rancho Cucamonga Communications Manager Francie Palmer sharing career reflections, insights and local government retiree aka #GovireeLife musings. This blog will focus on #ShouldHave #WouldHave #CouldHave and #WhatsNext adventures for a dedicated public servant, recovering workaholic and passionate #Govie! (Yes, she's worn...

Podcast: The Most Innovative City in the Nation - Fayetteville, NC

Rebecca Jackson Strategic Performance Analytics Director City of Fayetteville, NC Contact In Governing and Living Cities' 2018 Equipt to Innovate survey the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina was chosen as the top overall performer. Rebecca Jackson, the Strategic Performance Analytics Director, joined the podcast to talk about her work and what it means to be chosen as...

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#CityHallSelfie: A Love Story

This guest blog is by Pam Davis (Weir), Assistant to the City Manager, City of Goodyear. Connect with Pam on Twitter. My love for the #cityhallselfie borderlines on the absurd. Since January 2015, I have shared more than 30 selfies from communities in 11 states and 2 countries. I don’t travel anymore without making time...

iPod, iPad, iPhone, and now, iLead, Orlando's Neighborhood Training Program

It's National #CityHallSelfie Day and City Council Meeting Day in @citybeautiful! pic.twitter.com/8R9QVxrovj — Mayor Buddy Dyer (@orlandomayor) August 15, 2016 Under the leadership of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, the City of Orlando’s Office of Communications and Neighborhood Relations developed the iLead program to organize, support, mentor and guide citizens and organizations in their effort to...

Feelin’ the Love for Local Government

This guest blog is by Jennifer Teal. Connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and online! As I’m writing this blog post, my 8-year-old son is sitting at a bank of laptops with a handful of older boys building an epic fortress in Minecraft. My 9-year-old daughter is playing Mario Kart for the first time on...

Nominees for the 2018 Haverford Choice Award

List of Nominees Accela designs and delivers productivity and engagement software to help government agencies be their best. Affion Public is a a strategic consulting and advisory services firm focused on providing technology and executive search services for state and local government, education and non-profit organizations. Alliance Resource Consulting carries a reputation of providing service...

Dashboard Reflections: Population Size, Form of Government & Gender

Each week, we'll be doing three key things with the Diversity Dashboard: Updating the Diversity Dashboard with new survey data Sharing a reflection post on the Diversity Dashboard findings Communicating response rates on a state by state basis The Diversity Dashboard is an evolving, growing tool that helps us better understand local government leadership in...

AWWA & WEF Present the Transformative Issues Symposium

Here's a great opportunity from our friends at the American Water Works Association. If you can't attend, follow along at #affordability With financing of infrastructure renewal and replacement projects being a significant concern for many water and wastewater utilities, rate increases have been necessary for some utilities to sustainably fund infrastructure projects on an ongoing basis. Rate increases can increase the financial...

Morning Buzz: NBA Cares: For the Love of Basketball, Cities & Inclusive Economic Development

Right now w/ India Adams (LinkedIn) What I’m Listening to: Hive Mind- The Internet What I’m watching: Pose What I’m doing: wedding planning There are few things I love as much as basketball. I’ve loved the game since I first picked up a basketball in the early 90's and played NBA Jamz on my Sega...

The Best Ever with Frederik Groce, Storm Ventures

We hope you can deal with change because we're changing up new member introductions. ELGL has grown tired of everyone and everything being proclaimed as "the best ever." From now on, we'll only believe it if our members dub it so. Hold onto your keyboard and mouse. Our new members are here to inform you about the...

Homelessness Policy Summit

This was an online policy summit featuring research, stories, and best practices from four West Coast cities on homelessness policy topics, hosted by Rae Trotta in January 2017. 8:30 a.m. Stories from Seattle: Exploring the Nexus of Substance Abuse, Homelessness and Low Level Crime with Scott Lindsay 10:00 a.m. Stories from San Francisco: How the...

466,113 Pageviews Can't Be Wrong

It's a big day in ELGL land....we've landed in StateTech's top 30 Must-Read State and Local IT Blogs 2016. Since the top 30 are not ranked, we've taken the liberty to assume that we nabbed the number one spot. Who would have thought that ELGL, an organization with more than 1,600 members and no paid staff,...

Ideas Worth Sharing: Your Department Has Been Selected for an Audit

In this series, ELGL members share initiatives, policies, and programs that are transforming local government. Sign up here to share your idea. Previous articles include addressing homelessness in Los Angeles, Fine Tuning Coppell with the SEED Leadership, A Community Effort in America’s Most Diverse City, and Using Open Data to Engage the Community in Indianapolis By: Sam Naik (LinkedIn),...

Congrats to Heather Geyer!

Longtime ELGL member, contributor, and advocate Heather Geyer is movin' on up! She just accepted a city manager position with the city of Northglenn, Colorado. To celebrate Heather, we've compiled our favorite blogs and profiles of her over the years. If you'd like to congratulate Heather, you can Tweet at her. Or, check out these...

NBA Cares: For the Love of Basketball, Cities & Inclusive Economic Development

Right now w/ India Adams (LinkedIn) What I’m Listening to: Hive Mind- The Internet What I’m watching: Pose What I’m doing: wedding planning There are few things I love as much as basketball. I’ve loved the game since I first picked up a basketball in the early 90's and played NBA Jamz on my Sega...

We Built This City: Remaking the Greenville, NC Town Common

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 BY RYAN ADAMS Henry Boyd (Email, LinkedIn, Twitter) with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services shares m the opportunity for Greenville, NC to take a ho-hum riverside park into an anchor for the downtown scene. The City of Greenville, North Carolina plans to revitalize the 19.92 acres of the Town Common area located...