zencity

JANUARY 18, 2022

From my perspective, the past few years have given rise to a perfect storm – where COVID-19 is one of the biggest contributing stressors – and a storm that is unavoidable for our residents, our employees, and ourselves as city managers. As a leader and manager, this is perhaps where you are best positioned to provide support.

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City Manager Management Communications Social Media 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2023

The comment thread on the NPS post (" National Park Service as operator of local parks in DC ") a couple back reminded me I meant to write about "Loch Raven Reservoir" because it was written about in a recent Baltimore Sun column, " At Baltimore's Loch Raven Reservoir, a good walk spoiled." million customers.”

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Management Stewardship Transportation 52

PubWorks Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Planned maintenance (aka scheduled or preventive maintenance) is a proactive strategy where maintenance and inspections of assets are scheduled at regular, appropriate intervals to ensure that assets are operating properly thus minimizing breakdowns, downtime and repairs. What’s the right mix for Public Works?

Public Works 52

Public Works Budgeting Implementation Management 52

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Nichole Bohner, Aquatics Division Manager, City of Round Rock, Texas “Talk to everyone! You never know who you’ll meet who is struggling with the same issues or has ideas that would help your operation.” I have also borrowed many ideas for our own swag.” CivicPlus® Recreation Management is a proud sponsor of Open Space Radio.

Parks And Recreation 40

Parks And Recreation Operations Leadership Local Government 40

Google Public Sector

APRIL 3, 2020

We worked with our partner MTX Group to create the app and are now deploying it with governments in Florida, New York, and many other states so they can use our tools for insights into how the virus’s spread is affecting people and state healthcare systems. ChiStreetWork is more user-friendly and coordinates all events and work projects.

Public Sector 52

Public Sector Supervision Government Agency Coordinator 52

AccessE11

JUNE 10, 2022

Responses were received from individuals in a broad range of job roles including day to day users of the system and managers needing a higher level view of service activities and issues. The remainder were reliant on manual processes including email and excel for managing the lifecycle of their citizen service requests.

Elected Officials 40

Elected Officials Local Government Engagement Management 40

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

It is also a story freighted with insights about the way to conceive and prosecute systemic reform in governing and public work. Much of this overhaul of governing and public governance infrastructure and practice is being led by “young, tech-savvy Ukrainians” seized as much by its opportunity as its necessity.

Public Sector 59

Public Sector Government Leadership Accountability 59

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

No surprise that an article jumped out at us from The New York Times that said early on: Voters across the political spectrum are disillusioned with a government that has become synonymous with Groundhog Day-esque spending battles, slow public works projects and political gridlock.

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Government Social Media Public Safety Public Administration 90