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Diving Lady

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! Diving Lady Mesa, Arizona 85213 Online Year(s)/Era: 1960s ...

Cabrillo Pavilion

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! Cabrillo Pavilion Santa Barbara, California 93103 Online Year(s)/Era:...

Fox Performing Arts Center

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 8 opens on March 21, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 25, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Elite Eight! Fox Performing Arts Center Riverside, California 92501 Online ...

El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Los...

Ridgefield City Hall

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! Ridgefield City Hall (formerly Ridgefield State Bank) Ridgefield,...

Willamette Falls Locks

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 8 opens on March 28, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, April 1, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Final Four! Willamette Falls Locks West Linn, Oregon 97068 Online Year(s)/Era:...

Springfield Oregon Depot

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! Springfield Oregon Depot Springfield, Oregon 97477 Online Year(s)/Era:...

Let’s Get Strategic!

This post is by Stephanie Chase. Connect with Stephanie on Linkedin and Twitter. Longtime #localgov employee, Founding Principal of the Constructive Disruption consultancy, Executive Director, Libraries of Eastern Oregon, 2019 and 2020 Traeger Award winner, and long time ELGL member. The process to write ELGL’s next strategic plan gets underway on Monday! ELGL’s strategic plan is the...

Podcast: Engagement and Service Delivery in Augusta and Atlanta with Odie Donald

Odie Donald Chief of Staff City of Atlanta, GA Twitter | LinkedIn | Bio Odie Donald, Chief of Staff for the City of Atlanta, Georgia, joined the podcast just before his transition to his current job to talk about his time as the Administrator for the consolidated government of Augusta–Richmond County, Georgia. He discussed the...

Good Enough For Government Work: What My Dad Taught Me About Being a Public Servant

Today’s morning buzz is brought to you by Kylie Hicks, Budget Analyst for the City of Concord, CA. Connect with Kylie on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen What I’m Watching: Kids Baking Championship What I’m Listening to: Morning Cup of Murder podcast Someone who says something is “good enough...

Join the ELGL Morning Buzz Writing Team

ELGL is currently accepting applications to join the Morning Buzz writing team. Morning Buzz articles are written by ELGL members to reflect on and share about local government topics, work, and trends. All ELGL members are welcome to apply. Writers will be assigned one to two due dates per quarter and provided with training and...

Herocrats Spotlight: Transportation Equity Planning Coordinator Abdullahi Abdulle

This article is brought to you by our friends at Bellwether Consulting in support of their Herocrats Spotlights series. Abdullahi Abdulle is a Transportation Equity Planning Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Abdullahi’s connection to his community has been an important thread through his equity work, and we spoke to Abdullahi about how his...

How to be an Ally to Your Female Colleagues

Today’s morning buzz is brought to you by Jessica Chernich, Management Analyst for the Village of Beach Park, IL. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Sun and Her Flowers, Rupi Kaur What I’m Watching: Euphoria What I’m Listening to: Ocean Eyes, Billie Eilish There is no shortage of qualified women...

Webinar Rewind: Unpacking Federal Funding Opportunities to Create More Livable Communities

The ELGL Webinar Library is now members-only, but we think this particular recording provides such an excellent preview of our upcoming cohort that we're making available for everyone! Enjoy the recording, then apply for the free 6-week cohort Federal Funding Opportunities to Create More Livable Communities. While you're at it, check out the AARP Community...

Why Stay Interviews Offer a No-Cost Culture Glow Up for Local Government

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Allyson Brunette, owner of Allyson Brunette Consulting, a community engagement firm based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Connect with her on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: I just finished Out of Office – the Big Problem and the Bigger Promise of Working from Home by Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel What...

Podcast: Green Building Standards and Recruiting Architects to Local Government with Farah Ahmad

Farah Ahmad Sustainable Design Architect, Sustainable Design & Resiliency NYC School Construction Authority (SCA) Twitter | LinkedIn Sustainable design. Farah Ahmad, Sustainable Design Architect for the City of New York, joined the podcast to talk about green building standards and sustainability. She shared some of the trends in the architecture and design fields as well...

So...What Do You Do as a Human Resources Manager?

This article was written by Kylie Bayer, MPA, SHRM-SCP (she/hers) as part of the So...What Do You Do? Writing Series. Connect with Kylie on LinkedIn and Twitter. See all the articles in the series. I’ve found a fulfilling career in human resources, and you might, too! Here’s an example of my workday. Hit me up...

So...What Do You Do?

So…What Do You Do? Working in #government often means you have a long job title and no one outside of government seems to understand what that means or what you do. We’ve all seen the blank stares. Management Analyst? Public Works Administrator? Chief Information Officer? What do you even do? This Engaging Local Government (ELGL) writing...

Building a Tunnel for a Cruise Ship

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Shane Stone. Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I'm Listening to: Jai Wolf's "The Cure to Loneliness" album What I Read Recently: "Hyperfocus" by Chris Bailey What I'm Watching: Unapologetically re-watching "How I Met Your Mother" We have all been down an internet rabbit hole before. You start off on the Wikipedia page...

Reshaping the “Most Segregated City in America”

This article was written by Councilor Carol Clarke, Birmingham City Council, District 8 as part of the Black History Month writing series. Connect with Carol on email, LinkedIn, and Facebook. See all posts in this series and more Equity & Justice resources. I recently read through Charles Connerly’s book, “The Most Segregated City...