Search Results

What is Chronic Homelessness?

This is the third post in a new blog series about homelessness from San Rafael’s Director of Homeless Planning & Outreach, Andrew Hening. In each post, Andrew will discuss the root causes, overarching strategies and tactics for addressing homelessness in your community. Learn more about what San Rafael is doing to end homelessness. “For 80% of...

Breakout Groups 2.0: Recruitment Messaging

Today's Digital Working Group post is by Kevin Herman with ProudCity. It’s been really fun working and getting to know the Digital Working Group. These people really care about what they do in their direct communities and the larger community they’re building and connecting with through ELGL. However, as much as I like the full...

Nominees for the 2017 Traeger List (7/13 1:03 p.m)

LITERALLY! The 2nd Annual Traeger List And the nominees are.....Submit your nominations here. Allison Scheck, City of Lakewood, Colorado, Community Relations Manager Word on the Street: Allison leads the team that is working to help the community re-imagine Lakewood, Colorado, as the city updates its master plan this year. Almost 2,000 residents have provided input through...

My Love Letter to City Recorders

Welcome to a new blog series, "The Local Government Nerve Center" -- all about the amazing and important work of clerks and recorders. Want to be a contributor? Learn more here. By Kirsten Wyatt Twitter| LinkedIn | Email Early in my career, the city recorder quit and the organization was suddenly without recorder services and...

I Have to Ask You: Still Fighting Like Hell and Winning

Benjamin Bitter wrote about Changing Career Aspirations: The Perspective of a Dad. Laura Hardwicke, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, discussed Misconceptions About Federal Grants. Today, Ashley Jacobs, Aiken County, SC, highlights what's changed since her 2015 article #13Percent: Fight Like Hell Dammit, and Win!. Since I wrote that article in 2015, I’ve heard more women speaking...

LITERALLY! The 2nd Annual Traeger List (Updated)

Update: Pete Haga, City of Grand Forks, ND, is offering a "Intro to Grand Forks" prize to one lucky person. You can enter by submitting a Traeger nominee today. We'll draw a winner from everyone who submitted a nomination. What's included in a "Intro to Grand Forks" prize? Listen to this GovLove interview for details....

The Best Ever with William Ethridge, State of Delaware

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...

Vendor Survey: How's ELGL Doing?

ELGL is currently revamping our digital services. We value our relationships with our members who work for private companies in support of or alongside local government. We want these relationships to continue to grow. This brief survey is designed to collect information about how ELGL is doing in our service to the vendor community, and how...

Weekly Update: Partnerships, G-Suite, Member Profiles

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, It is HOT in Portland this weekend. 101 degrees right now! As miserable as it is outside right now, it's just a preview of the heat that the ELGL Board of Directors will face in a few weeks at our annual retreat in Phoenix, Arizona. When I say that we're traveling to...

ELGL Digital Week 9: All ELGL Members Are Created Equal

There is no summer vacation for the ELGL Digital Work Group. We continued our work with week. I have overcome the bird flu to provide a recap of the digital action. As always, comment, email or Tweet us if you have questions or ideas for the Digital Group. By Kent Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder You should know that...

The Scoop on Comp, Master, General, Strategic, Vision Plans

This is a new monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas. She'll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! In the initial post of this series, we talked briefly about what makes cities successful, and the fact...

Kittelson's Corner: Can you say Chi-City?

This is Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. This week I'm in Chicago for a friend's wedding and have enjoyed pretending to live here by riding the bus and L line around town. I read a book this week, learned about a crazy idea in...

The 5 Local Approaches to Homelessness

This is the second post in a new blog series about homelessness from San Rafael’s Director of Homeless Planning & Outreach, Andrew Hening. In each post, Andrew will discuss the root causes, overarching strategies and tactics for addressing homelessness in your community. Learn more about what San Rafael is doing to end homelessness. Last time we...

Podcast: Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell Staff Writer, The New Yorker Bio | Twitter | Podcast: Revisionist History The legendary Malcolm Gladwell joins the podcast to discuss the education system in America, social justice and the second season of his podcast, Revisionist History. Gladwell has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1996 and is the author of...

I Have to Ask You: Misconceptions About Federal Grants

Benjamin Bitter kicked us off with Changing Career Aspirations: The Perspective of a Dad, now Laura Hardwicke, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, writes about one of the three questions posed by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. Laura addresses whether local governments devote enough resources applying for grants and common misconceptions about federal grants. By Laura Hardwicke, LinkedIn...

Intersection of Faith and Public Service with Karl Knapp

We are pleased to share the fourth article in the series from Karl Knapp, Town of Cary, NC. In the series, ELGL members talk about how they balance their personal faith with their public service careers. Sign up to write for this series here. A career in public service is essentially an act of faith that our personal...

The History of Modern Homelessness

Welcome to a new blog series about homelessness from San Rafael's Director of Homeless Planning & Outreach, Andrew Hening. In each post, Andrew will discuss the root causes, overarching strategies and tactics for addressing homelessness in your community. Learn more about what San Rafael is doing to end homelessness. Did Homelessness Start in 1982? Homelessness...

#CityHallSelfie Day is August 15, 2017!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is your go-to location for all things related to #CityHallSelfie day on August 15, 2017! Don't forget to follow the @CityHallSelfie Twitter account, and always remember to tag your #CityHallSelfie with the hashtag. And as a reminder - any local government building qualifies as a #CityHallSelfie! Take pride in your county, special district,...

ELGL Digital Week 8: The What Do You Want & What Do You Get Edition

The ELGL Digital Work Group asked the important questions last week like what do our members want from ELGL and what does ELGL give them. Since Kent was out with the sniffles I'm filling in for him on the recap post. As always, comment, email or Tweet us if you have questions or ideas for the...

#CityHallSelfie Day is August 15, 2017!

This is your go-to location for all things related to #CityHallSelfie day on August 15, 2017! Don’t forget to follow the @CityHallSelfie Twitter account, and always remember to tag your #CityHallSelfie with the hashtag. And as a reminder – any local government building qualifies as a #CityHallSelfie! Take pride in your county, special district, town,...