To be successful, communities need strong political AND managerial leadership.
In 1908, a single city adopted what would eventually become the council-manager form of government.
On April 15, 2019, the town of Norwood, MA, held a "Bring Home the Bacon for Civics" event to raise funds for civics education. Read how the town rallied around this important cause.
Elite futurist Rebecca Ryan downloads a future of paradox. [PM Magazine, April 2019]
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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.
On any given night, up to 400 people in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota (pop. 422,330), are homeless, according to CBS affiliate WCCO. Among those, roughly 50 individuals had been living in a “tent city” encampment at the intersection of Franklin and Hiawatha Avenues. To address this growing problem and benefit a severely underserved population,…