Local Focus is the League of Oregon Cities’ monthly magazine covering current city issues and trends. It is distributed to 3,500 city officials each month, primarily mayors, city councilors and city managers. ELGL has agreed to write a monthly article for the publication. Classifying and categorizing objects is a deeply ingrained aspect of human nature. Most … Continued
ELGL continues to build a partnership with the League of Oregon Cities (LOC). Executive Director Mike Cully is committed to strengthening local government in Oregon and partnering with ELGL. He remarked about ELGL, Another example of collaboration is really a grassroots alignment with an organization founded on the principal of recognizing, promoting and helping the … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past three weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Elite Eight. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at 11:59 EST on February 24. Follow along and fill out … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks, ELGL members and friends took part in ELGL City Hall Madness, narrowing the field from 64 to this week as we head into the Sweet Sixteen. Vote in the head-to-head match-ups to determine which city hall advances to the Elite Eight. Voting ends at midnight EST on February 17. Follow along and … Continued
Governing: OR’s Complicated Property Tax Rates Favor Higher-Valued Houses ELGL is excited to announce a lunch forum in partnership with the League of Oregon Cities. As anyone familiar with Oregon property taxes knows there is a lot of pressure on local governments and confusion for citizens in the current system. The LOC is working actively to … Continued
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they … Continued
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jujG5X9iZs&w=560&h=315] Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people … Continued
Introduction to Oregon Local Leadership Institute and the Local Government Management Certificate presented by Jennie Messmer, Member Services Director League of Oregon Cities Thursday, November 15th, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Saul Conference Room, 2nd floor Eugene Atrium Building 99 W 10th Ave. , Eugene Agenda 12:00 – 12:10 Introductions and Business 12:10 – 1:00 OLLI’s … Continued
An Informational Interview with Jonathan Eames Jonathan Eames Consulting After earning his Political Science degree from Willamette University, Jonathan Eames got his fresh start out of school as a legislative assistant for a state representative at the Oregon State Legislature. Half-way through the six-month session, Jonathan began looking for his next opportunity. He began reaching … Continued
As part of ELGL’s expanded offerings, we introduce you to our newest feature, “Josh’s Job Search (JJS).” See related article: New Blog Feature: Josh’s Job Search. Josh will be conducting informational interviews with key figures in the region. Read Josh’s first two entries Josh’s Job Search Interviews Olivia Clark, TriMet and Josh’s Job Search Finds … Continued
