The stomach-turning, caught-on-video death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis sparked several, well defined conversations across the U.S. and beyond. One came in the form of heavy public scrutiny on police actions and how officers are trained for a job that’s ultimately about community protection and service. How could this have happened? Was the...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has hit our towns, cities, state and nation, I have been quoted in recent weeks in both state and national publications stating that these days have brought the most daunting challenges seen by local government in decades.
Unfortunately, we are at best in the middle phases of the pandemic and in finding solutions to the health...
Cabarrus County and City of Kannapolis recognized with N.C. Excellence in Communications Awards
The City of Kannapolis and Cabarrus County Communications Departments were among 21 North Carolina governments to earn recognition in the 2020 North Carolina City & County Communicators’ (NC3C) Excellence in Communications Awards.
The City of Kannapolis won two second place awards in the categories for Branding/Logo for the...
Potholes don’t vote.
Go to enough municipal board meetings and odds are you’ll hear someone, at least once, remind us. At the municipal level are daily maintenance and development issues accomplished generally without relevance to partisan filters or camps. Of course that’s partly to do with the fact that the vast majority of governing boards in North Carolina’s cities and...
Over the course of its history, the N.C. League of Municipalities’ advocacy efforts have been primarily state focused, whether that has meant advocating to state legislators for more local control, better infrastructure or sensible employee benefit policies.
It’s not that the League, its staff and its members never involve themselves with federal legislation. But typically those efforts are targeted and...
Willis puts his youth and varied background—business owner, educator, radio host—to work to move his hometown forward
Ben Willis is in the business of providing service.
Cities, businesses, schools, community college — that’s what these institutions are for, Willis believes, and he has dedicated time to each. On a late summer morning, the 42-year-old city councilman from Lenoir laughs about how...
Cary Council Member Jennifer Robinson is the new president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in a freshly elected League Board of Directors, comprising new and continuing members. The election results were announced at the organization’s annual business meeting, held as part of the two-day CityVision 2020 virtual conference, which itself made history.
League members know CityVision as the...
The 2020 legislative session may have been surreal in some respects – committee meetings by Zoom, in-person meetings sometimes devoid of lobbyists and other observers (still listening remotely, of course), and nightly protests down the street. But it was very real in terms of what was at stake: the health of North Carolinians and the future of state’s economy...
Cary Councilmember Jennifer Robinson becomes new League presidents.
The League is the unified voice and vision of North Carolina’s municipalities, furthering goals through collective action. We are a full-service association—working for cities and towns, led by cities and towns.
That leadership is not an abstract concept. It is undertaken personally by a group of dedicated and committed public servants from across...
The last few months have been unquestionably the most challenging time facing local governments and locally elected officials in decades. As my term as president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities begins, I know that many of you struggle with the huge questions of the day: how do we emerge from this global pandemic and best help protect...
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