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Cities Connect: Housing Leadership: An Evolving Reality

Cities Connect

April 26, 2023

In this episode of Cities Connect, Monica Callahan, the Planning and Development Director at the City of Madison, discusses why today’s housing challenges demand a multifaceted approach from local leaders.

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10 Important Ransomware Stats and What They Mean for Municipalities

CitySmart by VC3

April 26, 2023

VC3

Like peanut butter and chocolate, municipalities and ransomware continue to go together. In just the last year or so, high-profile ransomware attacks took place at the City of Oakland, California; City of Quincy, Illinois; Somerset County, New Jersey; Suffolk County, New York; and City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

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Cities Connect: Local Tourism and Your City

Cities Connect

April 20, 2023

Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, Jay Markwalter, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, provides an overview of Georgia’s tourism industry and details how city leaders can benefit from local tourism initiatives.

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Cities Connect: Bridging the Generation Gap

Cities Connect

April 13, 2023

Varying work styles, values and attitudes commonly found in a multi-generational workforce can lead to tension and other issues between coworkers. This Cities Connect presentation is designed to help municipal workforces compassionately address and overcome these situations.

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Parking Reform is Snowballing

Public Square

April 12, 2023

Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism

Parking reform is gaining substantial momentum even in recent months—a policy development that will impact missing middle housing production, reuse of old buildings, and vehicle miles traveled, experts say.

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Cities Connect: Addressing Equity in Underserved Populations

March 30, 2023

Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, Alan Sloan, the Hazard Mitigation Planning Program Manager at the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and Terrell Jacobs, a GMA Member Consultant, discuss ways cities can use Hazard Mitigation Plans and Procedures to address equity-related issues in underserved populations.

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Cities Connect: Everything Cities Need to Know About GDA’s Georgia Grown Communities

Cities Connect

March 30, 2023

In this episode we discuss Georgia Grown Communities, a new initiative from the Georgia Department of Agriculture launching this summer. This program is designed to help cities leverage their local agricultural and food production industries as tools to promote economic development in their communities.   

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Reshaping the City: Zoning for a More Equitable, Resilient and Sustainable Future

March 29, 2023

Urban Land Institute

A recent report from the Urban Land Institute details how updating zoning regulations can create more livable and equitable places by increasing housing attainability, reducing carbon emissions, promoting social equity and improving community health. 

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Cities Connect: How to Register for GMA’s 2023 Annual Convention

Cities Connect

March 23, 2023

Registration for GMA’s Annual Convention opens Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 10 a.m. To help ensure all our members are able to properly navigate the system and have no difficulties registering, Sharon Collins, GMA’s Director of Conference and Management Services, discusses the process and provides tips to ensure success.

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Combatting the Challenges of Affordable Housing in College Park

March 21, 2023

Sara Baxter

Home ownership is considered the key to generational wealth. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to afford a house – and renting isn’t much easier.

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Cities Connect: What You Need to Know About Georgia Cities Week

Cities Connect

March 15, 2023

Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, College Park Mayor and GMA 3rd Vice President Bianca Motley Broom hosts a panel discussion on how cities are preparing for Georgia Cities Week.

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Six Tips to Recruit and Retain Generation Z for Local Government

Six Tips to Recruit and Retain Generation Z for Local Government

March 10, 2023

ICMA

No, not everyone under 40 is a Millennial; Generation Z (generally understood to have been born between 1995 and 2012) is here, and they are coming in droves!

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Cities Connect: DCA Funding Opportunities

Cities Connect

March 9, 2023

In this episode, Kimberly Carter, the Division Director of the Community Finance Division at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), discusses some of the financial resources available to local governments. She provides information about DCA’s various community and economic development opportunities, including a wide range of product types, from infrastructure improvements to incentives for job creation.

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Cities Connect: Should Your City Invest in a Mobile Visitors’ Center?

Cities Connect

March 1, 2023

Welcome to Cities Connect, where we discuss issues that matter. In this episode, Andy Williams, Executive Director of Visit Roswell, the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Roswell, Georgia, details the city’s latest success story: a new mobile visitor’s center. 

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Macon Violence Prevention Program Connects Students to the Community through the Arts

March 1, 2023

Chris Floore, Chief Communications Officer, Macon-Bibb County

“Love is the main thing” is now painted on a retaining wall along Main Street, just down from the Mill Hill East Macon Arts Village, thanks to about 20 students on break from seven schools.

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