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Sweet 16: #ELGLCityHall Madness

Press Clippings Kannapolis Reaches 'Sweet 16' in City Hall Competition Effingham City Hall Advances to Sweet 16 in National Contest Peoria City Hall in online Sweet Sixteen Kannapolis in tight race with Peoria, Ill. in 'best city hall competition' and need your vote Little Chute in the running for best city hall Vote THIS city...

San Francisco, CA vs. Mosier, OR

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Pasadena, CA vs. Milwaukee, WI

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Effingham, IL vs. Redwood City, CA

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Peoria, IL vs. Kannapolis, NC

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Cedar Rapids, IA vs. Bainbridge Island, WA

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

College Place, WA vs. Durham, NC

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Troy, NY vs. Vancouver, WA

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Little Chute, WI vs. Glen Ellyn, IL

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and...

Round of 32 Results: ELGL City Hall Madness

Last week, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, voting on the field of 32. Here are the results from this round; the Sweet Sixteen will be published soon. Follow along and fill out your own bracket as we release the winners from each round. Press Clippings Salisbury Post: Kannapolis competes for the...

You Don't Have to a Supervisor to be a Leader

By Dan Biles, Jefferson County, AL, Deputy County Manager, LinkedIn & Twitter Recently, I spoke about leadership at the Alabama City County Management Association Conference. Here's a copy of the presentation: Play Chess not Checkers. In this article, I highlight key points from the presentation that can help your organization. In local government, we talk about management related issues and those are very...

Kittelson's Corner: Look Ma, I'm on TV!

Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my (now) weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. Alright, let's go. What I Read Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states This article made my jaw drop. The reporting on the immigration raids that are taking place in...

Something to LOVE on Valentine's Day: #ELGL17 Registration Opens!

Diversity Dashboard: Toney Thompson, UNC MPA Project Team

This is the first intro post from the UNC MPA Project Team that is collecting data for the ELGL Diversity Dashboard project. We've asked our team members to do weekly blog posts on their project, research process, and the overall goal of collecting better and more informative data about the race and gender of people...

Adventures of an Accounting Red Raider, Part II

This is Part Two of Casey Camor's blog series about her path to a PhD in Business Administration at Texas Tech University. Casey's decision to head back to graduate school and pursue a doctorate in local government financial management was based on her experiences working at the municipal level. Previously, Casey was the Finance Director in West...

Podcast: The Intern Files with Julie Rusk, Santa Monica, CA

Julie Rusk Assistant Director of Community & Cultural Services Santa Monica, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Our fearless intern is back! The ICMA/ELGL Oregon Management Fellow, Madison Thesing talked with Julie Rusk, the Chief of Civic Wellbeing in Santa Monica, CA about their wellbeing initiative, what brought her into local government and the importance of community...

Institutional Knowledge with Bill Monahan, Part 2

As a part of the Institutional Knowledge project, we are recording the wisdom and experience of retiring and retired leaders in local government. If you know someone who could add something to this project, let me know! You can reach out to me on Twitter/ LinkedIn or send me an email. Former City Manager of Milwaukie, OR & Tigard,...

My Life in Eight Songs with Alex Klosterman, Waukesha County, WI

In this series, we’re asking you to tell your life story through eight songs. Starting with your earliest memories, guest columnists will name their defining songs along with a couple of sentences explaining their meaning. DJ Alex Klosterman Waukesha County, WI Connect: LinkedIn My path to local government began during my undergraduate years at the...

The Best Ever with Rachel Keyser, ViewPoint Cloud

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...

Ideas Worth Sharing: Developing a Sense of Place in Altoona

In this series, ELGL members share initiatives, policies, and programs that are transforming local government. By Roy Atkinson, City of Altoona, WI, ELGL Profile, LinkedIn and Twitter Every municipality has some kind of unique background story. From the City that has origins in the western expansion of the United States to the City later enveloped by sprawl,...