Weatherman Reading Shout-Outs Realizes Too Late There’s No One By This Name The High Five Can Private Intercity Passenger Rail Make a Comeback? All Aboard Florida, a passenger service planned for the Orlando-to-Miami corridor, may soon find out. The Inequality of Playgrounds – Public parks in upper-income, predominantly-white communities in Kansas City were more likelyRead… Read more »
Space is limited to first 30 RSVPs. ELGL members receive priority registration. Interested in joining? Visit Join ELGL. RSVP: Forum with Greg Baker, Damascus City Manager Complimentary coffee and snacks will be provided. In an effort to encourage to carpooling to ELGL events, we will post a list of attendees to each event. We encourageRead… Read more »
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 theyRead… Read more »
‘Real World: New York’ Vs. ‘Portland’: ‘A Lot’ Has Changed Since 1992 The High Five The Mayor’s Geek Squad – It was a case for a digital Sherlock Holmes. Last fall, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection wanted, finally, to crack down on restaurants that were illegally dumping cooking oil into sewers in their neighborhoodsRead… Read more »
Former city and county manager John Anderson is enjoying the type of retirement that will be the envy of many ELGL members. John plays tennis a few times a week and goes downhill skiing as often as possible. He also enjoys canoeing and has taken a number of trips, including a cruise on the DanubeRead… Read more »
Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet ever six years ago today. These are the first 30 tweets ever. Back when Twitter was just twttr. The High Five Toward a More Resourceful City – If you read a lot of urbanism blogs, you would think cities’ futures depend on placemaking, efforts at combatting climate change andRead… Read more »
Man Rushes Stage During Kansas City Mayor’s State of the City Address Welcome Newest Members Abby Coppock, City of Portland, Office of Management and Finance, Management Analyst Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City ManagerRead… Read more »
The City of Lake Oswego is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for this year’s Kincaid Memorial Public Administration Internship. The internship is a great opportunity for a graduate student in Public Administration interested in gaining experience and exposure to local government management. The individual selected for the internship will spend approximately threeRead… Read more »
Today we highlight the good works of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Portland State University (PSU) chapter which was founded this year. The chapter is another sign that professional local government management is in safe hands for years to come. While Portland is becoming known for start up companies in the private sector, ELGLRead… Read more »
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 theyRead… Read more »