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Podcast: Data Driven Road Maintenance in Savannah, GA

Heath Lloyd Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer City of Savannah, Georgia Bio | LinkedIn Joe Shearouse Assistant to the City Manager City of Savannah, Georgia LinkedIn Stuart Frick Partner Success Lead RoadBotics LinkedIn Using data and technology to monitor streets. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Savannah, Georgia is...

Police Oversight in Santa Ana, CA

In response to direction from the Santa Ana City Council, this past week I assisted with preparing an informational report relating to police oversight. In today's Morning Buzz, I'll share some of the research I gathered. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – FARR - Someway Somehow What I’m Reading –...

Silo Busting & Sustainability

What influences how well city units and departments work collaboratively “across silos” towards a single overarching goal, even though that goal is not a core responsibility of most of the units involved? Researchers from University of Central Florida, George Mason University, and the University of Kansas are working on a project which aims to understand...

Read Plats/Speak Spanish

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m watching: Taskmaster — an incredible British game show where comedians ... well, they complete tasks. It is a scream. What I’m listening to: Radio.Garden — spin the globe and listen to live radio streams from around the world!  Look, you have enough on your plate. I get that....

Podcast: Equity and Engagement with Manisha Paudel, Des Moines, IA

Manisha Paudel Equity Coordinator City of Des Moines, Iowa LinkedIn | Twitter Inequity eliminator. Manisha Paudel, Equity Coordinator for the City of Des Moines, Iowa, joined the podcast to talk about implementing racial equity work and engaging with the community. She shared her career path doing equity and engagement work as well as how she...

Member Profile: Brad Ketels

Brad Ketels County Engineer - Linn County (Iowa) Secondary Road Department LinkedIn I Email If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Galena, IL Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? If I had to choose between these two, it would be innovation. Otherwise,...

Moving in the Time of Corona

Today's Morning Buzz is by ELGL Board Member 4 Lyfe and Newberg, OR City Manager Dan Weinheimer. Moving to a new place and starting a new job is never easy. It can be exciting, rewarding, and a step in the right path, but it is never easy. Beyond this, it’s never easy on those who...

Members' Choice Award: #CityHallSelfie #CityHomeSelfie

We're excited to announce the Members' Choice Award for #CityHallSelfie #CityHomeSelfie day 2020! Huge congrats to the City of Sugar Land, Texas for their creative and engaging way of showcasing their local government staff while working remotely! Thanks to all of our members who headed over to the ELGL Engagement Corner to make their nominations...

Best GIF, Wrap-Up Video, Distanced, and Creative Distanced #CityHallSelfie #CityHomeSelfie

#CityHallSelfie and #CityHomeSelfie day on August 14, 2020 was a huge success - people from across the world took a minute to snap a selfie in front of their local government building or from their home office. We'll announce some winners each day so we can remember all of the great selfies that were shared...

EPIC-Network Fire-Related Projects & Cases

The Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities – Network (EPIC-Network) is a nonprofit association with members all over the world. The organization and its members unite communities with the untapped potential of universities to exponentially improve conditions for human flourishing. These are EPIC-Network projects and programs related to fire and wildfires. ELGL is sharing this...

Valuable Decision Making Strategies

This article was written by Meryl Phair, Government Innovation Fellow for @GBLabs in Great Barrington, MA as well as the Environmental Section Editor for Mount Holyoke News. Meryl wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Meryl on email or...

Crisis Management Cohort News

Clackamas Community College Wildfire Support

Up to 1,000 first responders from every part of the state of Oregon are stationed at Clackamas Community College's Oregon City campus to control the Clackamas wildfires that have taken over a majority of the county. The college is providing these heroes access to food, showers and shelter on campus. The Clackamas Community College Foundation...

Welcome to Monday

Kendra Davis, Senior Management Analyst with City of Santa Clara, reporting for duty! LinkedIn or Twitter, pick your poison. What I’m reading: I have been BURNING through some science fiction & horror because I figure we’re already living in a dystopian future, so why not lean in? The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi...

ELGL in the Headlines

ELGL Governing - The GovLove Generation: How Millennials Are Redefining Public Service GovTech - Putting Government Podcasting on the Map StateTech Magazine - 30 Must-Read State and Local IT Blogs 2018 Pamplin Media - ELGL Spreads Across the Country The Oregonian - ELGL works for gender equality, collaboration in local government GovTech - Building the Government Community...

State of California Wildfire Resources

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State of Washington Wildfire Resources

Have a link or information to add to this page? Add it here! Washington State Department of Natural Resources

State of Oregon Wildfire Resources

Have a link or information to add to this page? Add it here! League of Oregon Cities Interactive Wildfire Resources Oregon State Wildfire Resources Institute for Policy Research & Engagement Oregon State University Resources Governor Kate Brown Wildfire Updates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYSfEz3bds8

EPIC-Network Wildfire Resources

ELGL is pleased to share information and resources from the EPIC Network. The Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities – Network (EPIC-Network) is a nonprofit association with members all over the world. Our organization and our members unite communities with the untapped potential of universities to exponentially improve conditions for human flourishing. Our ambition is...

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