By Ken Fields, City Manager, City of Lake Wales On November 20th the City of Lakeland hosted an FCCMA Symposium on “Stay in the Game: Developing Your Roster into an All-Star Team”. After an introduction by Jim Barnes, Assistant City Manager of Wellington, a presentation was done by Lisa Gruenloh of Purpose Journey, Inc. on…
If you are interested in attending or applying for any of the following ICMA activities, below are the deadlines for application and registration. Regional Summit and Emerging Professionals Leadership Institute (EPLI) Registration Opens this Month! But you can reserve your accommodations now. The EPLI, formerly known as the Young Professionals Leadership Institute, precedes each regional…
Have ideas for the 205 ICMA Conference? ICMA has opened its call for ideas for the 2015 Annual Conference in Seattle/King County, September 27-30. Ideas from members are invited that address the six (6) Theme tracks and the four (4) Career tracks of the conference. The tracks include: THEME TRACKS Equity and Empowerment in Public…
As ever, I’m awed by how swiftly twelve months have passed! Because it was an election year, my cynicism surfaced earlier than usual and I’ve spent my ‘musing hour’ pondering Florida’s next two years with a re-elected governor and new House and Senate leadership. We hear it will be ‘the’ year for water to be…
