Raleigh, North Carolina<br />An innovative mobile phone application is helping the city of Raleigh, N.C., use crowdsourced data to respond to business and resident complaints about downtown cleanliness. The solution required teamwork among no less than four city departments but has already proven valuable by reducing litter complaints, providing hard data for budget decisions, and consolidating cleanliness…

Giving the Basics, a hygeine hub in Kansas City, is the site of a Field Demo during the Annual Conference.  Learn how you can help make the Field Demo a success and restore dignity to individuals in the community.

Giving the Basics, a hygeine hub in Kansas City, is the site of a Field Demo during the Annual Conference.  Learn how you can help make the Field Demo a success and restore dignity to individuals in the community.

We are so excited about the success of the first Life, Well Run photo contest that we decided to share some of the contestant entries here. Take a look at the future of local government and feel the energy and passion they have for the profession. Some contestants even submitted more than one photo/project. We…

September is National Preparedness Month (NPM), a time of year to assess how effectively your community is properly planning for a disaster.

This episode takes an in-depth look at how leaders are reinvigorating their downtowns.