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REBRANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Barrett & Greene

Over the years, we’ve chatted with high school and college students about the potential of careers working for state and local governments. We are pretty sure that for the most part they have little or no idea what kinds of jobs local government can offer aside from the obvious ones like police, fire, and sanitation.

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Overcoming the Digital Divide: Lessons State and Local Governments can Learn from the Hospitality Industry

Government Technology Insider

Over the last few years, there’s been a marked shift among state and local governments to prioritize the launch of digitized services and adopt the kind of automation and digital transformation that’s been well-established across the private sector.

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Calming airport data turbulence with EASE

AWS Public Sector Blog

The sanitation team at CVG turned a tweet of spilled coffee into a quick solution by immediately responding with a team member to clear the safety hazard. Sentiment analysis on Twitter and other social media feeds allows the airport team to hear the voice of the customer while putting the operational issue in context.

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Compensating Community Participation

Social Pinpoint

Now, local governments across Australia are discussing how these compensation methods, successfully used in large-scale projects, could be applied to support projects that typically see lower participation. Another crucial aspect to consider is minimizing meeting barriers during the initial stages of planning community engagement.

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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

zencity

There are many factors, from local economy and access to great entertainment, to a strong sense of community, to the sheer beauty a city has to offer. At Zencity, we help local governments improve services by helping them understand what their residents prioritize , what they’re talking about, and what they feel is lacking.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Sometimes a local government may make grants to organizations in this space that are nonprofits, but the groups are generally a mix of for profits and nonprofits. Salt Lake City sanitation/garbage trucks carry "ads" promoting recycling and waste diversion. And it's not particularly systematic. But they need planners too.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For either a BID or a conservancy extra services are likely to include security, sanitation, capital improvements, and marketing and economic development activities. I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues.