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Beep, Beep, Jeep! Lessons from the Road on Life and #LocalGov

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: Brain Food playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: everything pirates, per Zach (5) What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng thanks to my wonderful Birthdays & Books buddy, Karen Dempsey! *** My husband and I...

Do Clothes Still Make the (Wo)man? 👠

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, the Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, Tennessee. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm reading: The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence by Jessica Lahey What I'm watching: Couples Therapy What I'm listening to: 87.7 Drake...

Podcast: COVID-19 Relief Spending with Michael Hotard and Kevin Kearney

Michael Hotard Director of Operations CivicPulse Twitter | LinkedIn Kevin Kearney City Manager City of Bradbury, CA LinkedIn How relief funds are being spent. Michael Hotard, Director of Operations at CivicPulse, and Kevin Kearney, City Manager of the City of Bradbury, California, joined the podcast to talk about COVID-19 relief funding for local government. They discussed...

GovLove Chats: Cathy B. Bailey

GovLove Chats is a new web series presented by ELGL and Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW). These funny, not-so-serious chats kick off this month with GCWW Executive Director Cathy B. Bailey who serves on the ELGL Board of Directors. The series will run throughout 2021. These light-hearted conversations are an opportunity to highlight local government leaders and...

Rewind: Innovations in Local Government Procurement

This webinar originally aired on April 26, 2021. The Town of Morrisville, NC grew vendor response for their public wifi solicitation by 266% thanks to a new partnership with UrbanLeap. Learn more about Morrisville’s experience in this webinar on April 26, 2021 at 10PT/1ET. Speaker: Rich Ralph, the CIO of the Town of Morrisville Discussion topics: How...

Power of Partnerships

Today's Morning Buzz is by Nina Vetter, Pueblo West Metro District Manager. Connect with Nina on LinkedIn. When I take a moment to reflect on what we do well in my team, in our organization, and in our region, one thing keeps showing up strong – we believe in and we live in the power...

Privilege within DEI

This guest article is by ELGL member Matt Hirschinger, local government professional in transition. This article was written for the Hard Conversations about Racial Equity Cohort. Read all of Matt's other articles at the Social Justice --> Government homepage. I’ve spoken about my privilege before on ELGL. I wrote about it in my first post...

Four Tips to Make Meeting Minutes Less of a Time Drain

This article was written by Dana Healy, Executive Director of NineNorth. Connect with Dana by email or LinkedIn. I was speaking to a client yesterday about increasing communications for his city. “It’s difficult,” he said, “My City Clerk is also the Head of Communications.” Oh dear. Once again, the City Clerk gets more responsibilities attached...

Podcast: Expanding Housing Options for the Unhoused Community with Brian Platt, Kansas City, MO

Brian Platt City Manager City of Kansas City, Missouri LinkedIn | Bio | Twitter The Land Bank Dollar Sale. Brian Platt, City Manager for the City of Kansas City, Missouri, joined the podcast to talk about the Land Bank Dollar Sale. He shared other creative things the City is doing to expand housing options for the unhoused community....

Love the Haters - A Lesson in Public Service

Today's Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. What I'm Watching: The Irregulars on Netfix What I'm Listening to: NPR Public service often means taking the hits and keeping the smile on your face; keeping your comments to yourself and helping the angry customer; or owning up to a failure without deflecting...

National Poll: Americans Split on How ARP Funds Should Be Spent

This article is by ELGL member Nicole Bare with Change Research. Here's a copy of the survey data used for this article. Change Research surveyed 941 Americans from March 18-30, 2021 about how funds allocated by the recently passed emergency COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan (ARP), should be spent. The bill gives state...

Improving American Cities through Urban Parks

U.S.'s first city park, built in 1634 Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Rebecca Cormier, Government Technology Consultant – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I am reading: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie What I am listening to: Armchair Expert podcast What I am watching: The Other Two With...

Which Permitting Software is Right For You?

This guide was shared with ELGL by our friends at OpenGov. With so many options out there for permitting software, figuring out which solution has the features your organization needs can feel daunting, especially when juggling the day to day demands of local governance. That’s why we’ve created this quick guide to help government leaders...

Podcast: Restorative Housing Reparations with Nicholas Cummings, Evanston, IL

Nicholas Cummings Corporation Counsel City of Evanston, Illinois LinkedIn Redressing institutional racism and redlining. Nicholas Cummings, Corporation Counsel for the City of Evanston, Illinois, joined the podcast to talk about the new program approved last month to address the historic impacts of housing discrimination. He shared the details of the program and the City's Local...

Re-Learning and Heavy Lifting in my 50s

On May 20, 2021, ELGL members will discuss "Caste" by Isabel Wilkerson for the ELGL Book Club. We gave away six signed copies of the book to our members and asked them to write reflections on the book. Here's the reflection post by Cathy A. Oloffson, director of Communications & Community Relations, Town of Normal....

Member Profile: Becky Ahlvin

Becky Ahlvin Assistant City Manager City of Hazelwood LinkedIn I Twitter What's an interesting project or issue you're currently working on? I'm working on a couple of major redevelopment projects that should be big wins for our City if they can make it across the finish line, reviewing/updating our employee handbook, and creating a...

Member Profile: Allie Salz

Allie Salz Budget Analyst City of Sugar Land LinkedIn I Twitter What's an interesting project or issue you're currently working on? So far nothing, but its my third day. However, before I left the City of Wichita I was working on developing a budget simulator to gather public feedback on what services residents would...

Podcast: American Rescue Plan Act FAQs with Ryan Gallant, SLATE Research & Consulting

Ryan Gallant CEO & Founder SLATE Research & Consulting LinkedIn The impacts of the Federal funding. Ryan Gallant, CEO & Founder of SLATE Research & Consulting, joined the podcast to dive deep on the American Rescue Plan Act and answer questions about how it will impact local government. He discussed what the funding could be...

National Month of Hope: Lessons Learned from Local Governments

This article was written by Abigail Scott, Graduate Assistant for the Davenport Institute and student in MPP at School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. Connect with Abigail on LinkedIn, email, or Facebook. April marks the beginning of the National Month of Hope: a timely reminder of the power that comes from building relationships, community,...

Webinar Rewind: Design Thinking in Government: Connecting Residents to Services in 2021 and Beyond

Originally aired March 25, 2021. Summary COVID-19 has fundamentally changed many of the ways in which residents interact with programs, services, or policies. While the pandemic has forced many of us to quickly pivot our own ways of working, it also presents a new opportunity to infuse design thinking into our services and programs. Government...