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Rest of the Story on Writing Your Position Out of the Budget

This column has featured an in-depth look behind the headlines of topical local government news. Previously, we have highlighted the Hillsboro Police Chief recruitment, the Whitehorse City Council commercial, the Deschutes County property tax fairy, and the impact of Pharell's "Happy" video on local government. Today, Lee Elliott discusses his experience an interim city manager and...

Advancing Women in Local Government with Dawn Peters

Alex Buckles continues the series on local government in Illinois. He has informed us about economic development, the Silver Tsunami, and now, the Legacy Project. About Connect: Twitter and World Wide Web A group of 10 local government professionals, working in the public and private sector, came together in April, 2011 and conducted a brainstorming session to...

Web Chat With Ben Wyatt

The LA Times is hosting a live web chat with Adam Scott on Tuesday at 1:00 PST. ELGL will give you free conference admission if you can convince Ben Wyatt to keynote #ELGL14. "See" you online during the chat! Join 'Parks and Recreation's' Adam Scott for a live Web chat Tuesday "Parks and Recreation" has thrown...

Riding a "New Wave" at CPBB Conference

4-1-1 on CPBB "New Wave" Conference http://youtu.be/LS7SUOw7fAk ELGL has been invited to participate in the upcoming Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) conference from August 5 to 7 in Denver, Colorado. Not only will ELGL be presenting at the conference, we're also sponsoring the conference in partnership with ELGL, International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the Alliance for Innovation...

6.2.2014

Good morning and happy Monday! Today we look at skater dudes in Chicago, a housing crisis in Spain, and comprehensive planning in Washington. If you're searching for motivation to start your week we have you covered; all the bad inspirational quotes you could ever want. Trending New Sensation: Pete Olson, Yorktown (IN) Village Manager Lightning...

New Sensation: Pete Olson, Yorktown (IN) Town Manager

http://youtu.be/l6Gn4AbEuVY Background Check Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Pete Olson became Town Manager in 2008 after serving as Director of Field Operations since 2006. Prior to serving in Yorktown, Pete was the City Manger of Union City, IN and City Administrator of Sutton, NE. Pete earned his Masters of Public Administration from the University of Nebraska...

Curmudgeon's Corner

This is a new ELGL column called "Curmudgeon's Corner" where we pick apart some commonly held misconceptions about technology, management principles, or anything else where ELGL members seek progress and innovation.

Divergent, Be Good Tanyas, & Carbon Footprints

ELGL is pleased to share a weekly column to connect our members to each other – a series called “What Are We Doing?” These posts are your go-to resource for the best things that ELGL members are doing in their local government lives. See someone with a similar interest or work project as you? Send 'em an email,...

Knope of the Week: Jim Lenner, Village of Johnstown, Village Manager

Hero. Browns Fan. Visionary http://youtu.be/Ng_-HgRfGBY This week's Knope serves on the Midwest advisory board, was profiled in the 50 Nifty, drove six hours for the first Midwest Meetup, and (God bless him) is a Cleveland Browns fan.

311 for Cities

http://youtu.be/JjTjtJDZomw H/T to Connor McDonnell for providing the following information: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES "311" RESOURCE FOR CITIES SEEKING INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION

New Sensation: Jennifer Jones, Village of Oak Park, IL

Vitals Jennifer Jones Village of Oak Park Parking Permits Supervisor (Complete these phrases) Best thing about the…. 80’s was…music , and great movies 90’s was…… video games, clothes and music 00’s was….. social media, iPhone, technology growth and political change Last year was….. A good shift in the economy. Today is….better than yesterday. Tell...

Mind Mixer's Webinar Library

For all of you that caught our last webinar with Michael Ashford of Mind Mixer he has passed along information about the Mind Mixer Webinar Library. Mind Mixer hosts monthly webinars 0n how to effectively engage your community.

Literally the Best #ELGL14 Ever

Annual Portland Networking Events You Don’t Want to Miss This is the first in a series of posts by the #ELGL14 planning committee to give you the inside scoop on the planning of our second-annual conference. Today's theme is to tell you why #ELGL14 is going to be literally the best conference ever. Here are...

Tom Muehlenbeck

The Dean of Texas City Managers. The CEO of Plano. http://youtu.be/Ng_-HgRfGBY He has a scholarship named after him, a recreation center named after him, and now, he is the Knope of the Week. Tom Muehlenbeck, the "CEO of Plano", was the headline speaker at the inaugural SW ELGL forum held in Little Elm, Texas.

Midwest Evening Buzz Success!

Midwest ELGL held its inaugural Evening Buzz event last night - and wound up with a great turnout! Planning a get-together and not knowing who will attend can be stressful (think of your 5th grade birthday party)

New Sensation: Crystal McLain, City of Novi, MI

Vitals Crystal McLain City of Novi (MI), Graduate Management Analyst Intern Education: Wayne State University, Masters in Urban Planning and Wayne State, Undergraduate Degree in Urban Studies and Public Relations Experience: Preservation Wayne

ELGL Webinars

ELGL webinars are hosted for free thanks to generous support from SGR. Learn more about SGR online here. Whenever we host a webinar, the web address to access the event is the same: AnyMeeting.com/ELGLWebinar Just log on to that link and you can participate! We also record most of our webinars, and post them online...

New Sensation: Daniel Hunter, Air Force and Local Government Professional

http://youtu.be/9Twv1-flnUw Vitals Daniel Hunter Experience: MCS Officer, MDT Education: Linfield College, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government and American Military University, Master's Degree, Public Administration Connect: LinkedIn Q & A with Daniel (Complete these phrases) Best thing about the…. http://youtu.be/EQnaRtNMGMI 80’s was……. It was all about the hair. 90’s was…… Nothing, in the Seinfeld sense. 00’s was….. I discovered my political...

#EcDev in Rural NC

North Carolina's Entrepreneur Technical Assistance Program ELGL is excited to announce a webinar about an innovative new program coming out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Entrepreneur Technical Assistance Program or E-TAP is an effort to link experienced MBA students with promising small businesses in rural North Carolina. By matching the skills of...

Bruno Rumbelow, Grapevine (TX)

ELGL and SGR Launch the Cookingham Connection As an introduction to the ELGL and SGR series on L.P Cookingham, Bruno Rumbelow, Grapevine (TX) city manager writes about the myriad of accomplishments of Cookingham and L.P's ability to transcend the municipal landscape. The Dean of City Managers by Bruno Rumbelow LP " Perry" Cookingham "the Dean...