• Local government spearheads an effort to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a park with a playground.
• A partnership of local government, the business community, and citizens produces new recycling initiatives.
• The local hospital and government help residents improve their health and fitness through an anti-smoking campaign, education about healthy eating to prevent cancer, and a community-wide weight loss challenge.
• Rather than wait for federal stimulus funds, a county government decides to launch its own local stimulus program.
• The city and the state university come together to acquire land and fundraise for a new campus to increase educational opportunities for students in the area.

Why are you proud of your community?

What did you inherit in your community that makes you proud?

What did you, or a professional manager predecessor, do that you want to share with people living in your community?

The Life, Well Run campaign wants to tap into your community pride. 

We are looking for projects, large and small, to feature in the new Life, Well Run public awareness campaign. We’re looking for local government projects in which you or a predecessor were the catalyst or moving force -- projects that make clear the value professional local government managers bring to the community.

E-mail brief descriptions of your projects, along with photos, videos, news clips, or any other documentation, to Amy Mayers at amayers@icma.org. Include any outcomes, results, and lessons learned.