Tag: COVID-19
Speaking Out: Using Our Strong Voice
This summer, League member cities and towns, along with NCLM’s advocacy staff, faced a difficult situation when it came to our legislative priorities.
After months...
In NCLM-Supported Partnership, College Students are Helping Town Hall Through Pandemic
One, the pandemic places outsize demand on governments and nonprofits to respond. And two, plans for internships fell through for many a college student.
That...
CityVision Virtual Conference a Success, Goes in Depth on Timely Issues
Hundreds of municipal officials across North Carolina gathered in virtual fashion in late April for one of the state’s most engaging community-focused conferences in...
A Pandemic Innovation: The Online, Main Street Marketplace in New Bern
What started as a creative COVID solution now promises to support local businesses far into the future.
Faced with a potential crisis for their local...
Jennifer Robinson: Local Leadership as a ‘Way of Life’
Facing issues head-on and with family in mind, the Cary Councilmember’s public service mindset was on full display this past year.
“This could be a...
Talk of Our Towns
The demands of the pandemic change almost daily, and our cities and towns are adapting. Community support, vaccine distribution, strategic development—the work of our...
Time to Work Together: In Rep. Vernetta Alston’s Experience, Listening and...
The league’s quarterly legislator Q&A.
If we’ll be talking about 2020 for the rest of our lives, 2021 is sure to be part of the...
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...
Taking the Field: North Carolina Can Wait No Longer for Broadband...
Roughly a year ago now, I spoke to the members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s broadband task force and noted how, from the viewpoint of...
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