You can build upon these six action strategies and the examples that resonate most for your own community to develop lasting initiatives that are backed by solid data.

Seeking to become more inclusive, many jurisdictions are endeavoring to go “beyond compliance” and create programs that recruit, hire, and retain underrepresented populations.

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What would motivate a seasoned military veteran or retiree to intern with and learn the ins and outs of a local government? For one thing, job availability. Over the next decade, nearly 40 million baby boomers (or more than a third of the roughly 127 million full-time workers in the United States), will retire, according to…

Missouri City, Texas, uses visual story telling to explain the complexities of local government service delivery and the role a city, town, or county manager plays to kids.

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