Tag: North Carolina League of Municipalities
A Focus on Rural Utilities
When the Pew Charitable Trust’s publication Stateline took a look at struggling rural water and sewer systems around the country earlier this year, the...
Speaking Out: Finding a Better Way Forward
Over the last several months, the NCLM Board of Directors and its leadership have been grappling with questions of how our organization can best...
Taking the Field: Complex Problems Require Strong Cities and Local Responses
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...
Talk of Our Towns
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...
N.C. Towns Find Ways to Support Residents, Keep Public Systems Afloat
Jacksonville, Hillsborough and cities across the state show how local resiliency and community assistance can be one in the same.
As with nearly every aspect...
Police Training in Focus: League Offerings Timely with National Dialogue
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...
Race, Policy, Police, Protest: Municipal Officials Reflect
In classroom history books of the future, the year 2020 is likely to have its own chapter, if not several. You can live under...
Municipal Caucus: The Lawmakers Bringing City Government Experience to the General...
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...
The Campaign for Revenue Replacement
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...
Lenoir Councilman Ben Willis: A True Public Servant
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...
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