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Find out what cities need to know about centralized alcohol licensing in this webinar.
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In this episode of Cities Connect, Rusi Patel, General Counsel at the Georgia Municipal Association, offers advice and best practices on how to prepare, react and handle situations where individuals with video cameras seek to walk around and "film" inside public facilities or on public property.
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Funding capital and operating costs for parks, trails, lands and schoolyards is an ongoing challenge for many local governments. With “must do” priorities like public safety often taking precedence, cities and counties often turn to voters to support improvements in outdoor recreation.
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In this episode of Cities Connect, NLC’s Brandis Stockman and Katie Landis, from the Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy, discuss ways to support youth through education and expanded learning opportunities.
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In this episode of Cities Connect, Monica Callahan, the Planning and Development Director at the City of Madison, discusses why today’s housing challenges demand a multifaceted approach from local leaders.
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Like peanut butter and chocolate, municipalities and ransomware continue to go together. In just the last year or so, high-profile ransomware attacks took place at the City of Oakland, California; City of Quincy, Illinois; Somerset County, New Jersey; Suffolk County, New York; and City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, Jay Markwalter, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, provides an overview of Georgia’s tourism industry and details how city leaders can benefit from local tourism initiatives.
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Varying work styles, values and attitudes commonly found in a multi-generational workforce can lead to tension and other issues between coworkers. This Cities Connect presentation is designed to help municipal workforces compassionately address and overcome these situations.
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April 12, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Parking reform is gaining substantial momentum even in recent months—a policy development that will impact missing middle housing production, reuse of old buildings, and vehicle miles traveled, experts say.
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In this episode we discuss Georgia Grown Communities, a new initiative from the Georgia Department of Agriculture launching this summer. This program is designed to help cities leverage their local agricultural and food production industries as tools to promote economic development in their communities.
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Registration for GMA’s Annual Convention opens Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 10 a.m. To help ensure all our members are able to properly navigate the system and have no difficulties registering, Sharon Collins, GMA’s Director of Conference and Management Services, discusses the process and provides tips to ensure success.
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March 21, 2023
Sara Baxter
Home ownership is considered the key to generational wealth. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to afford a house – and renting isn’t much easier.
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Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, College Park Mayor and GMA 3rd Vice President Bianca Motley Broom hosts a panel discussion on how cities are preparing for Georgia Cities Week.
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No, not everyone under 40 is a Millennial; Generation Z (generally understood to have been born between 1995 and 2012) is here, and they are coming in droves!
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In this episode, Kimberly Carter, the Division Director of the Community Finance Division at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), discusses some of the financial resources available to local governments. She provides information about DCA’s various community and economic development opportunities, including a wide range of product types, from infrastructure improvements to incentives for job creation.
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