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Five Reasons Development Agreements Can Be Good for Your Community
And why you don’t need to wash your hands afterwards. The idea of a developer trading business investment for favorable regulation sounds like something a …
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Expanding Your Little Empire: What You Need To Know About Local Government Annexation
A primer on using annexation to extend municipal borders, spur economic growth, and further smart development. If you had governed a city 500 years ago,

How To Be A Good Mayor: Tips For Not Running Your Municipality (Or Yourself) Into The Ground
How to win friends and influence people… particularly at the polls. Now that the hardest part about serving in public office is behind you (getting

How To Raise Money For Municipal Projects
You’re gonna need more than a bake sale…no matter what you’re baking. Putting in a two-lane road in an undeveloped area costs $2M-$3M per mile.

Introducing… civiclinQ
New options for affordable consulting. Most municipalities know when they have a problem, but often they don’t know how to fix it. Every community is

Making it Rain: Water Rules and Regulations for Cities and Towns
Because no one wants to end up like California. No one. Water is a big deal for most cities and towns—especially in the western United

Planning Zen: How to Bring Municipal Enlightenment to Your Local Government
Five tips for being a more mindful and effective planning commissioner. The Planning Commission is a key component of any local government. They may not

Public Engagement Roadmap
One of the most frustrating paradoxes for local government is that they are doing the public’s business, and they can’t seem to get the public’s

Public Meetings… Online
How To Make Them Functional, Legal, and Otherwise Successful… It is well known that people interact with each other better when they are face-to-face. For