Greening the world: not someone else's job.
Is the time ripe for a new worldwide coalition to "green"
our imperiled globe? Can we do it by restraining capitalism's
exploitive sides, championing human rights, merging civic, . . .
Disconnected youth network leaders visit promising initiatives in
Baltimore.(Municipal Network for Disconnected Youth)
Members of NLC's Municipal Network for Disconnected Youth
(MNDY) Steering Committee convened in Baltimore recently to explore
promising sustainability strategies for reengaging youth who . . .
Congress of cities: the total learning experience for local
leaders.
Now, more than ever in these difficult economic times, the 2008
Congress of Cities, Nov. 11-15 in Orlando, Fla., is the place to be for
public servants dedicated to serving America's local . . .
NLC offers third building equitable communities
roundtable.(National League of Cities)(Discussion)(Brief
article)
WHAT: A Three-Day Technical Assistance/Strategic Planning
Roundtable
WHO: Teams of City leaders and their community partners seeking to
make their communities more equitable and inclusive
WHEN: . . .
City projects recognized by Alabama League of
Municipalities.(Alabama League of Municipalities)
The 2008 Municipal Achievement Awards, presented by the Alabama
League of Municipalities, recognizes "successful and innovative
municipal projects that improve the quality of life for citizens and . . .
City programs among innovations in government awards
finalists.(John E Kennedy School of Government )(Brief article)
A partnership that finances the purchase of land and buildings for
affordable housing, a juvenile justice reform initiative that offers
family-focused, community-based alternatives to incarceration . . .
Details emerge on planned nationwide cell phone alert
system.
A nationwide alert system that will send text messages to cell
phones and other mobile devices when an emergency occurs is beginning to
take shape. The alert system is expected to interact with . . .
EENR committee targets climate change; energy, water
issues.(Energy, Environment and Natural Resources )
The Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (EENR) Steering
Committee focused on a number of timely climate change and
sustainability issues during its recent meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.
The . . .
Health care, education take center stage at HD meeting.
Health care took center stage at the recent Human Development (HD)
Steering Committee meeting in Cathedral City, Calif.
Health care reform has become a central issue in this year's
presidential . . .
TIS Committee focuses on federal authorization, land use
planning.(NLC's Transportation, Infrastructure and Services
)
Federal transportation authorization, public private partnerships,
and transportation-land use planning were the focus of the recent
meeting of NLC's Transportation, Infrastructure and Services . . .
Web seminar to highlight KIDS COUNT's city-level data on
child well-being.
Municipal leaders are invited to participate in a Web seminar on
how to use the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Center
to find city- and community-level data on more than 100 measures . . .
Mayors make summer employment for teens a priority.
Facing what is likely to be the bleakest summer employment picture
for teens in recent history, and against a backdrop of the federal
government's failure to respond to this looming crisis, . . .
Environmental movement needs an adrenalin shot.
At 30-plus years of age, the environmental movement is spinning its
wheels, awash in good proposals it can't get passed. It's
focused on litigation and playing within the system instead of . . .
City showcase: an experiential learning hub.
NLC is now accepting applications for the 2008 City Showcase in
Orlando, Florida. The deadline for applying is July 3, 2008.
One of the most popular events at the Congress of Cities, . . .
NLC leaders lobby for cities on Capitol Hill.(National League of
Cities)
NLC leaders brought cities' messages on legislative priority
issues to Capitol Hill during lobbying visits last week in Washington,
D.C.
Members of NLC's Finance Committee met with members of . . .
Greensboro, N.C., holds children's Water Festival.(Brief
article)
Greensboro, N.C.'s, Water Resources and Parks and Recreation
departments hosted more than 300 area fifth graders as part of the
seventh-annual Water Festival held April 9 at the Bryan . . .
Denver celebrates 150th anniversary with new flower.(Denver Daisy
)(Brief article)
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has unveiled the Denver Daisy, a
one-of-a-kind flower created and named in honor of the city's 150th
anniversary.
The Denver Daisy is a new cultivated variety . . .
Bringing life to Mt. Rushmore: a strategic look into the past to
benefit the future.
This is the second in a series of articles on the topics and issues
that will be presented at the Thinking and Acting Strategically in Local
Government Leadership Training Institute seminar . . .
Two wheels are the 'Smart' way to get around D.C.:
European-style bike-sharing program to be the first of its kind in the
U.S.(p
Whether dashing to a business meeting on Capitol Hill or taking in
the sites of the famed Smithsonian Institute museum complex, residents
of the nation's capital can soon do so using a new . . .
As fuel prices rise, more turn to transit.(fuel-efficient cars
)
As lawmakers struggle to find answers to surging fuel prices,
states are weighing alternatives to help their citizens and use of mass
transit has skyrocketed across the country. Car dealers report . . .
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