Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management. In North Carolina, community development is a municipal function for some local governments and a county function for others.

Community Development 52

Community Development Parks And Recreation Development Management 52

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

When you live next door to a long-abandoned house or down the street from a vacant lot that’s a magnet for illegal dumping , it’s easy to feel powerless to do anything about it. As a result of this long-term decline, local governments in places grappling with systemic vacancy don’t have resources proportional to the scale of the problem.

Housing 52

Housing Local Government Elected Officials Laws 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Strategic Planning Implementation 52

Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Strategic Planning Implementation 52

zencity

JANUARY 18, 2022

Nonetheless, I believe that although we could not necessarily constrain these stressors or their impact (to say the least), we as local government managers are in a unique position to help our residents manage the mental health challenges that so many are facing, and not just in terms of services. Supporting the mental health of employees.

City Manager 52

City Manager Management Communications Social Media 52

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 18, 2023

Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Grant Writer Laws Public Transportation 98

Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A local government might clean up a dumping site only to get a call a few weeks later about more trash and debris in the same place. Once, on a public street, someone dumped a 55-gallon drum of an extremely hazardous chemical right at the curb near a park within the city,” said Keith L. Get community partners and residents involved.

Stewardship 52

Stewardship Public Health Local Government Accountability 52