Taking the Field: On the Struggles of Rural Towns

It is no secret that rural North Carolina, and rural areas of the United States generally, have struggled over the last few decades with...

Latest Annual Report: Bright Spots in Hard Times

Challenge is what defines success, the saying goes. Covering part of what would become one of the most difficult periods in modern American (and world)...

Advancing Municipal Leaders

A new continuous learning platform with on-demand courses. Anyone serving in municipal government knows how time-consuming and knowledge-demanding it can be. That’s how it goes....

NCLM Members Approve Municipal Legislative Goals

The process may have been different, but the result will look very familiar to members of the N.C. League of Municipalities. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic...

League Attorney Schwitzgebel Gets Highest of Honors

The longest-serving member of the League of Municipalities’ legal team has been presented the North Carolina Judicial Branch’s highest award. Gregg Schwitzgebel, the League’s...

Speaking Out: The Importance of Common Purpose and Common Policy Goals

Over a century ago, the N.C. League of Municipalities was formed, first and foremost, as an advocacy organization, to promote policies that would keep...

Mark-Anthony Middleton: A Voice Saved, a Voice Used

Mark-Anthony Middleton guides Durham into its next chapter, asking, 'Who's not being heard?' To hear Mark-Anthony Middleton speak—whether it be as a councilman for the...

Partnerships & Placemaking in Western Carolina

Sylva, Webster, Dillsboro, and the rest of Jackson County have developed into one of the state’s premier destinations. In an area surrounded by beautiful...

Trick-or-Treating in the Pandemic

Halloween is a big deal to communities across North Carolina. How to proceed in 2020 offered no easy solutions. Sure, local government and Halloween have...

Census 2020: What Now?

Lawsuits, extensions, pandemics, and uncertainty defined a 2020 census that may still have some storylines to write yet. Barring wildcard changes, the 2020 Census counting...