The "perfect storm" of the 2008 global financial meltdown and related housing crisis has affected most local governments in ways that have posed tough challenges, and at the same time,  created the environment for innovative solutions and new approaches to the work in local government.   

This article appeared in the June issue of The Municipal Magazine on this topic and discusses many of the strategies of Priority Based Budgeting and Fiscal Health and Wellness.  Our thanks are extended to the Municipal for seeking out the Center for Management Strategies to provide its insight on budgeting approaches that both address the challenges of the perfect storm and embrace the many opportunities that it has created for local government managers.