IN MEMORIAM: Mark E. Durbin 1954 – 2020

Visitation and Service Information Visitation: Friday, October 2, 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Osceola Memory Gardens, 1717 Old Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee. Celebration of life: Saturday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. at Kissimmee Christian Church, 415 N Main Street, Kissimmee. “Mark’s life is an excellent example of a life well lived.” Said Ken Parker, friend…

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Fall Leadership Lecture Series at Florida International University

JOIN FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR THE FALL 2020 LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES This hour-long Zoom lecture series features public sector leaders discussing contemporary challenges and sharing insight into their leadership and professional development experience. There is also interactive Q&A with students and attendees. For more information, please visit go.fiu.edu/publicaffairslead. If you have any questions, please contact…

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September 2020 New Members

The following membership applications have been received. If no current member comes forth with a reason why these applicants should not be approved as members, he/she will be invoiced for dues. Kristina Ciuperger, District IV, Special Assistant to the City Manager, City of Port St. Lucie, Full Member; Dru Driscoll, District II, Deputy City Manager,…

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August 2020 President’s Message

This year has thrown us many curveballs, but it has been amazing to watch how resilient our staff, partners and membership have been.  Now more than ever the value of FCCMA and the sense of community it brings is powerful, but we need to keep it going.  Its easy for the President to have a…

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Alliance for Innovation – August 2020

AFI’s TLG 2020 Experience – Thank you and Congratulations! At AFI, we are so appreciative of our innovation and transformation community!  With the pandemic situation, we found ourselves needing to quickly pivot our signature annual event, the Transforming Local Government Conference, to a virtual event. We are so thrilled that our community joined with us…

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Silver-Linings

By Claire Jubb, Assistant County Administrator, Charlotte County I took a vacation recently – a very safe, COVID friendly vacation in beautiful north Florida. I intentionally unplugged, knowing that I needed the time to reflect on the past few months. Taking the time away gave me the opportunity to recognize what this organization, and I…

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