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How To Guide American Rescue Plan Act Funds With Community Input

Local government leaders want to make sure they spend American Rescue Plan Act funds in the best ways possible. But how?

Podcast: The Public Sector Pivot with Kaitlyn Rentala

Kaitlyn Rentala Author & Student University of Pennsylvania LinkedIn | Twitter A renaissance in public service. Kaitlyn Rentala, an author and student at the University of Pennsylvania, joined the podcast to talk about her new book, The Public Sector Pivot: How Gen Z Will Lead a Renaissance in Public Service. She shared strategies for how...

Democratizing 3-1-1: Creating an Open Source Resident Request Platform

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity Follow Ido on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Lights Out: Pride, Delusion and the fall of General Electric, by Thomas Gyrta and Ted Mann What I’m Listening to: City Hall Stories by Jack English, super interesting conversations What I’m Watching: Err…. no real time to tune in to...

Podcast: Building Socially Connected Communities with Oswaldo Mestre & Risa Wilkerson

 Oswaldo Mestre Chief Service Officer & Director of Citizen Services City of Buffalo, NY Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Risa Wilkerson Executive Director Healthy Places by Design Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Solutions for social isolation. Oswaldo Mestre, Chief Service Officer & Director of Citizen Services for the City of Buffalo, NY, and Risa Wilkerson, Executive Director of Healthy...

Pflugerville, TX Pet Pride Parade

The City of Pflugerville, TX internal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee put together a Pet Pride Parade as a way to celebrate Pride Month with staff. Throughout the month, the city shared information about important LGBTQIA+ figures, history of Pride, and the history of the Pride Flags.

Member Profile: Andrew Phelps

Andrew Phelps Samsara Manager, Inside Sales - SLED LinkedIn What's an interesting project or issue you're currently working on? Understanding new vehicle tracking/management use cases for the various types of government vehicles. If you could have coffee or a beer with any famous person, who would it be and why?   Steve Carrell - I'm a...

Member Profile: April Adams

April Adams Manhattan Borough President's Office Community Liaison LinkedIn I Twitter What's an interesting project or issue you're currently working on? The City of New York began using hotels as temporary homeless shelters due to the pandemic. Some Upper West Siders are reacting in a very negative, aggressive and outright offensive way. That's what we're...

ELGL's FY 2022 Budget

ELGL's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. At the June 18, 2021 meeting, the ELGL Board of Directors unanimously adopted a balanced budget of $357,000. Highlights include: Revenues The budget used existing membership counts with the updated dues amounts (updated January 2021) and did not project any organization growth in FY22. While...

Cohort Deadlines Extended! Sign Up Today!

We're excited to announce our most robust offering of cohorts yet! As part of our mission to help our members find joy in public service, ELGL offers high-quality, accessible, affordable learning opportunities in a variety of formats. Our diverse membership base, expert partners, and staff experience help us create programs that are engaging, relevant, and...

Podcast: Wastewater Monitoring for COVID-19 & Opioids with Stephanie Deitrick, Tempe, AZ

Stephanie Deitrick Enterprise GIS & Analytics Manager City of Tempe, Arizona Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Data and public health. Stephanie Deitrick, Enterprise GIS & Analytics Manager for the City of Tempe, Arizona, joined the podcast to talk about monitoring wastewater to understand public health trends. She shared how the City partnered with Arizona State...

Technology as a Strategy Against Growing Issue of Water Scarcity

This white paper is shared by our friends at Exelon (a 2020 Haverford honoree): Smart cities technologist Peter Williams, Ph.D. and Aquify – an Exelon company released a new white paper on water scarcity and solutions water utilities can implement to help stem the tide on the trillions of gallons lost to underground leaks. Download...

Mayor Funk: Is Your Local Government 'Anti-Fragile?'

ELGL is proud to feature the writing and thinking of longtime member Mark Funkhouser. Here’s his latest post, and you can also sign up for his newsletter here or connect with him via email. In what felt like an eerie flashback, the scenes at the gas pumps following last month’s ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline resembled the...

Contribute to the Splash into Local Government Series!

Many of us have heard many times from colleagues and even when telling our own stories of how we just happen to fall or "splash" into local government. In local government we know that recruiting graduates fresh out of school can prove to be difficult and many of us, didn't even know what our local...

10 Local Government YouTube Channels That Know What They Are Doing

YouTube is a place where cities can showcase all sorts of community information. What makes a local government YouTube channel great?

Modernizing on a Dime: St. Petersburg, FL Cuts Turnaround Time for Small Business Grants with Smart Workflows

This case study was shared with ELGL by our friends at OpenGov.  St. Pete set out to provide relief to small businesses impacted by local COVID-19 orders through its Fighting Chance Fund – an emergency grant for locally-owned and independently-operated small businesses hurt by stay-at-home orders. In order to stem the losses to businesses and...

Podcast: Community Resilience & Climate Response with Jennifer Jurado, Broward County, FL

Jennifer Jurado  Chief Resilience Officer Broward County, Florida Bio | LinkedIn Sharing resources and expertise. Jennifer Jurado, Chief Resilience Officer for Broward County, Florida, joined the podcast to talk about resiliency and climate response. She talked about resiliency and climate response plans as well as the County's resilience and environmental dashboards. She also discussed the...

Member Profile: peter aziz

peter aziz LinkedIn What's an interesting project or issue you're currently working on? City Designation of Little Arabia in the city of Anaheim If you could have coffee or a beer with any famous person, who would it be and why?   Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, one of the few Coptic citizens of Egypt appointed to the...

Webinar Rewind: The Link Between Short-Term Rentals, Affordable Housing, and Community Character

 Originally aired 6/23/2021. Unregulated short-term rentals can lead to unintended negative impacts on affordable housing and prospects for long-term renters. Interested in preserving your community’s character and the well-being of long-term residents? Join us for a discussion around short-term rentals, affordable housing and best practices for ensuring their harmonious coexistence! Speakers: Brumby McLeod, Associate...

Standing Strong Through the Thick of It: We're #NewnanStrong

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ashley Copeland, Communications Manager for the City of Newnan, GA. Connect with Ashley on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm Watching: Don't laugh, but I'm behind on 90-Day Fiance, so I've been DVRing the current season, and it's quite entertaining after a long day of work. It's too...

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