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TIL About Detroit... Four out of Five Great Lakes Prefer Michigan

Did you know Michigan is the Great Lakes state? Michigan touches four out of the five great lakes, more than any other state: Huron, Michigan, Erie and Superior. Other fun facts about Michigan and its famous lakes: The official state nickname is the Great Lakes State. Michigan is the French form of mishigamaa, an Ojibwa...

Weekly Update: Board, Small Towns, Volcker, Book Club

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, Just got back from another trip - this time to San Francisco (to hang out with award-winning member Rebecca Woodbury) and also to see Hamilton! I have been a #Hamilfan for a while and seeing it in person was as awesome as I hoped it would be. I always relate with being...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Daryl Delabbio, Kent County, MI

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Daryl J. Delabbio, PhD County Administrator/Controller - County of Kent, MI Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Ensuring a smooth transition for the organization as I retire on July 1, 2017. Window, middle,...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Tom Carroll, Village of Silverton, OH

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Tom Carroll Village Manager - Village of Silverton, Ohio Connect:  Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Buying a funeral home to renovate into a new town hall so our existing municipal building can be turned...

Kittelson's Corner: Touring the Wastewater Plant

Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. I apologize for the hiatus last week between tracking all of Kent's sessions at the Hometown Summit in Charlottesville, VA and trying to keep Josh Edwards from getting us lost, it was a busy long...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Rosanna Hoelzle, Village of Swanton, OH

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Rosanna Hoelzle Village Administrator - Village of Swanton, OH Connect: Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Either employee relations, possible formation of a joint fire district, updating capital improvement plan or, you know, a...

ELGL Digital Update: Week 2

Check out what we’ve done and what we’re doing next to improve ELGL’s digital services! Done ELGL’s digital working group is all up on Trello and we’re doing a lot of Google hanging-out. Our fearless leaders, Kevin & Luke from ProudCity are doing a great job herding all us cool kats with their sprints and...

Making Up Ground, Urban Design Movements of the Past Century

Last week we covered a brief history of urban design in the human experience and ended with the American examples of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. These cities were modeled on the grid system and long sight lines characteristic of European renaissance and enlightenment design. Fast forward to the mid-19th century, I want to begin our...

Summary: #ELGLBookClub from April 20: "The Ethics of Dissent"

[View the story "#ELGLBookClub: The Ethics of Dissent" on Storify] As a reminder - we're discussing "The Ethics of Dissent" on Twitter using the hashtag #ELGLBookClub on April 20 at 10:30 a.m. PDT. Log on to Twitter and follow along using the hashtag. While much of the discussion will focus on Rosemary O'Leary's important public...

Podcast: Kick-Starting Local Government with Stephen Goldsmith

Stephen Goldsmith Director of the Innovations Program Harvard Kennedy School & Data Smart Cities Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Stephen Goldsmith, Director of the Innovations Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the former Mayor of Indianapolis, IN joins GovLove to talk about data, innovation and more. He compared his role as Mayor with being...

TIL about Detroit... Home to the only floating post office in the U.S.

Boaty McBoatface? No, this is the J.W. Wescott II. From the NY Times: "A narrow street dead-ends at the Detroit River, where a black-and-white boat bobs in the water, emblazoned with a Postal Service eagle. This is the mail boat J.W. Westcott II, the only floating ZIP code in the United States. The little boat’s...

Take the Volcker Alliance "Preparing Tomorrow's Public Service" Survey

Please help ELGL in our partnership with the Volcker Alliance on a national project called “Preparing Tomorrow’s Public Service!”   The Volcker Alliance is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to address the challenge of effective implementation of public policy and to help rebuild public trust in government. This project aims to identify the essential skills and competencies...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Laura Hardwicke, ‎Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Laura Hardwicke ‎Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? I will be moving Nashville's Transportation Demand Management grant into startup which means MOUs, appropriation resolutions,...

Resume Review at #ELGL17

Sign up to participate in the #ELGL17 Resume Review service! Kevin Knutson from Management Partners will be on hand to review your resume, and give you helpful tips and suggestions to make your local gov resume strong and successful. Pre-registration is required, so we can accommodate interest in this free service. Loading...

TIL about Detroit: The famous Detroit hot dog war

From EATER: The Cult of the Detroit Coney Dog, Explained "Arguably the biggest food rivalry of the Great Lakes region is focused on one brief stretch of street in downtown Detroit, and it involves a beloved foodstuff called the coney dog. What is a coney dog? The coney dog is a variation on the classic...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Alberto Garcia, Westminster (CO) City Councilor

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Alberto Garcia Westminster, Colorado - City Councillor Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Westminster is developing a new Downtown, a 108-acre mixed used development in the heart of the City. Window,...

Technology Learning Lab at #ELGL17

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The #ELGL17 Technology Learning Lab gives you direct access to some of the best local gov tech tools available. Frederik Groce from Storm Ventures will moderate these sessions for ELGL. In each session, you'll have a chance to connect with the tech companies, learn more about their work, and try out their products to see if...

It's a Deal! Go All In and Attend #ELGL17!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ELGL’s Annual Conference is quickly becoming one of the most talked about events in local government and this year we’re taking the show on the road to Detroit, MI. The conference promises to inspire, motivate, and immerse conference attendees in a hands on experience learning from the public, private, and non-profit leaders driving change in...

TIL about Detroit: Sorry Journey fans, There is No "South Detroit"

While Detroiters love to sing along to the infamous kareokee classic and sports hurrah "Don't Stop Believin'," they're also aware the geographical origins of the song's "city boy" are made up. Downtown Detroit sits along the Detroit River, and crossing it puts you squarely in Canada. So, there is no such thing as being "......

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