NLC Strives to Restore, Protect Funding For Proven Public Safety Programs
While recent trends show the first two-year increase in violent crime in 15 years, as reported in an annual Federal Bureau of Investigation Unified Crime Report, NLC will continue its momentum in supporting law enforcement and federal crime intervention and prevention programs. Full Story
YEF Institute Launches Interactive Afterschool Website for City Leaders
City officials are invited to take advantage of a new website with a searchable database of resources and city examples on afterschool programs. Full Story
Local Leaders Urged to Join Call for Infrastructure Investment
Warning that the infrastructure of “our major American cities are a few years away from totally crumbling,” Pennsylvania Gov. and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell said that an increase in public/private partnerships and federal funding for transportation infrastructure would help the economy and improve quality of life.
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Read letter to local officials from Gov. Rendell, Gov. Schwarzenegger and Mayor Bloomberg
2008 City Showcase Applications Due July 3
National League of Cities is now accepting applications for the 2008 City Showcase to be held in Orlando, FL, during the Congress of Cities. Download an application today.
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