This article summarizes the response of Topsail Beach, North Carolina to Hurricane Fran, the second and larger of two hurricanes that hit the island town seven weeks apart.
This article describes the habits of highly effective governing bodies, suggesting that local government and its citizens deserve, and should demand, competent leadership.
This article describes the importance of strategic management and the steps necessary to develop and realize a strategic vision.
This article examines how business both local and global can and has played a role in shaping sustainable communities.
This article examines the successful results that Normandy Park, Washington had in contracting out its police dispatching services.
This article looks at the growing problem of protecting government employees from violence in the workplace.
This article examines land, growth, and the public interest.