A City Vision All Leaders Must Have: Cultivating a Passion to Impact Your City (Life Impact)
The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | yesterday
With several projects that require great financial support from the community already on the way, Waco city leaders are opting to pay the cost of rebuilding the Freedom Fountain instead of seeking donations.
San Francisco (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
President Obama on Thursday selected a prominent San Francisco environmental leader to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region that oversees California and large sections ...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Hundreds of parents and students upset about proposed boundary changes at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City packed a community meeting to send a message to the Broward School Board: Don't treat our children like numbers.
Streetsblog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Open space not condos for Elephant Hill. Image: L.A. Eastsider Yesterday, a twenty-five year battle between the Los Angeles City Council and the development group Monterey Hills Investors may have reached the end of the road. The Council agreed to pay a settlement [...]
BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
IBM and planners in Dubuque team up to make the basic function of the city more efficient and turn it into a model for sustainability
Slaw (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Today and tomorrow, Toronto Innovation Showcase is bringing together City of Toronto staff, City leaders, and various groups of citizens to discuss the Open Government movement and what it should mean to the City. The question being asked is: “How can we strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness by making government more transparent,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Leeds City Council's joint leaders meet union officials for the first time to discuss ways to halt the ongoing strike by refuse workers.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Two years ago, eight City Council contests across Salt Lake County were decided by fewer than 70 votes. In 2003, voters had to shake loose a mayoral tie with a dice roll.
The Portland Business Journal (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
City and Portland Development Commission leaders want to hear what residents think should be done with the Memorial Coliseum site.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
As city-dwellers across Utah go to the polls today, they will be electing the politicians closest to their neighborhoods...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iowa – Postville city leaders, residents and business owners agree the community’s economy has hit bottom. What isn’t clear is how fast and how far the recovery will go. An immigration raid in May 2008 shut down kosher meat processing plant Agriprocessors, the town’s largest employer. The loss of jobs, was followed by an exodus of [...]
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Wanted: men and women willing to work as officers and support staff for a newly established police department in one of Kern County's finest cities. Candidates must be of sound moral character, have a sense of humor, and meet all the police background requirements. Oh, and it would sure help if the candidate is bilingual. Preferably in Spanish.
FailedMessiah.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Postville city leaders, residents and business owners agree the community's economy has hit bottom. What isn't clear is how fast and how far the recovery will go. Jobs, optimism return to Postville after raid By JOHN MOLSEED • Waterloo-Cedar Falls...
TimesDaily.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Brian Hughes, Staff Writer This wasn't what city leaders had in mind when they touted the inclusiveness of the sportsplex. It has turned into a nightspot - for hogs.
Guarino (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... chairman of the airport authority was a local attorney. He operated primarily in one particular city the airport served. This city had a long history of representing itself as politically virtuous. It had a labyrinth of requirements for builders and developers that would assure a certain appearance of quality locally. But the process became so complicated that these builders and developers...
