Part of a series of joint ventures by NARC and the U.S. Department of Transportation
Englewood’s Strategic Plan Element creates and implements the city’s economic development vision.
<p><i>by Frank Benest </i><br>
<p>Many local governments across the United States have been forced to downsize in response to the ongoing recession, reduced revenues, and skyrocketing health care and other employee-benefit costs. To aggravate matters, some states have shifted money away from local governments to solve their own budgetary problems. Whatever the reasons, local government executives face more than a financial challenge in cutting budgets. An even bigger dilemma for executives is the leadership challenge of crafting a new and vital future for the downsizing organization. <br>
The article chronicles a municipal manager’s experiences with creating a sustainability agenda.
The Center for State and Local Government Excellence conducted a survey among 5,125 members of two groups of government managers: the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE)...
For the past 40 years, urban policy in America has essentially meant one thing: dealing with the problems of the poor.