Mobile technology and broadband networks provide opportunities to connect citizens with providers of public services. In the fields of grassroots community building and public safety, technology tools are important for building safer streets and stronger neighborhoods.
Elected officials from across the country convened in Charlotte, NC, last month for a series of programs and skill-building sessions aimed to strengthen and enhance their work as city leaders.
NLC is seeking city photos to be featured in the 2013 calendar that is sent to the full membership. Give your city the spotlight! Entries are due October 31st.
NLC President Ted Ellis, mayor, Bluffton, IN, said, “While today’s jobs numbers show an unemployment rate at its lowest level since January 2009, millions of people remain unemployed or underemployed in this country."
This guide developed by NLC's Institute for Youth, Education and Families identifies four key strategies for increasing the participation of youth ages 11-18 - those in middle and high school - in high-quality afterschool opportunities.
Joining cities and organizations from across the country, NLC has become the latest official partner in the 100,000 Homes Campaign. Launched in July 2010, the campaign is a national movement of over 150 communities working together to find permanent homes for 100,000 chronic and medically vulnerable homeless Americans, including 10,000 chronically homeless veterans, by July 2014.
In response to concerns raised by cities and NLC, Facebook has created a new escalation process that is intended to make it easier for cities to get information about a new requirement concerning city page names and about how to make the necessary switch.
Wes Moore, youth advocate, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, has joined the lineup of opening session speakers at NLC’s Congress of Cities and Exposition in Boston, November 28-December 1.
NLC’s Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) Steering Committee held its fall meeting on September 25-27 in Brea, CA, where members focused on issues including emergency medical services and the impact of mental health on public safety.
NLC President Ted Ellis, mayor, Bluffton, IN, has appointed a 15-member Nominating Committee that will be responsible for recommending a slate of Officers and Board members to lead NLC in 2013.
