Tag: Taking the Field
Local Leaders are the Reason for our Success
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...
Taking the Field: The Demands, Pressures, and Rewards of Public Service
Travel around North Carolina and the wonder of our cities will be on full display, in towns large and small alike. These places are...
Taking the Field: Town & State and CityVision: A Microcosm of...
If there are two events that best sum up the NC League of Municipalities, they are CityVision and the Town & State Dinner. Combined,...
Taking the Field: Your Success is Our Success
At its core, the North Carolina League of Municipalities is a service organization with a mission directed not just to cities and towns, but...
Taking the Field: State and Local Partnerships Propel North Carolina Forward
Throughout this issue, you’ll see a consistent theme: local officials and state legislators working together. It’s a partnership that breeds success, not just for...
Taking the Field: Proud to Lead, Excited for the Future
As the new Executive Director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to serve a...
Taking the Field: Why Local Land-Use Rules Matter
Attacks on local land-use authority have been the biggest thorn in the sides of cities and towns when it comes to policy proposals at...
Taking the Field: Opportunity in Crisis
It has been said in different times, in different ways, under different circumstances: Crisis brings opportunity, if you are willing to seize it.
The last...
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...
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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