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As I’ve traveled around this year, visiting our communities and meeting with the tireless public servants that lead them, I’ve been consistently reminded of the mission behind the League—of who we work for and...

Networking, education, and a visit from Governor Roy Cooper. It was the biggest week of the year for the North Carolina League of Municipalities. As our government affairs staffers were hard at work at the Legislative...

The following are excerpts from “Local Governments Responding: The Housing Crisis in North Carolina, a report recently issued by NCLM and the N.C. Association of County Commissioners, and based on survey data taken from...

Seven years into NCLM’s Strategic Plan, a review of the many successes and strides towards accomplishing Vision 2030’s six main goals. All across the membership of the NC League of Municipalities, we see incredible successes....

Through generous state support, the NC League has launched a number of services designed to support your investment and accounting of American Rescue Plan funds. For a bit of background… The federal American Rescue Plan Act...

Civility in local government is similar to the guardrails on a highway—providing structure by which municipal leaders and the public can navigate around each other. Securing the travel lanes provides mutual safety for people...

Travel around North Carolina and the wonder of our cities will be on full display, in towns large and small alike. These places are our economic engines and our hubs of both history and...

Cities are among the biggest electricity users in the state, so it should come as no surprise that the League of Municipalities takes an active role when it comes to requests by the state’s...

With a focus on balance and all parts working together, Mayor Jody McLeod has leveraged a unique skillset to take Clayton to the next level. Mayor Jody McLeod isn’t your typical local leader, and he’ll...

Constructive relationships, his prior roles as a mayor and council member, the fast-growing sport of pickleball, and how it all relates It wasn’t just the clean, spring weather that made the pickleball courts at Knightdale’s...