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Mark your calendars for LGA’s 2016 Promoting Excellence Golf Outing! The annual event, benefiting our Michael P. Lynch Scholarship Fund, will be held Thursday, May 12, 2016. The Michael P. Lynch Scholarship Fund provides low-cost to no-cost training to municipal elected and appointed officials and employees in financially distressed communities. […]

Local Government Academy is pleased to announce the 2016 Municipal Internship Program projects.  To download a PDF of this report please click here. Students interested in these projects should register and attend the Municipal Internship Fair on March 18.  Click here for more information. Borough Street Assessment and Condition Database, […]

LGA’s Webinar Wednesday session, “Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan,” is now available online. The session, presented by Denny Puko, Planning Program manager for the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, discusses how to create a comprehensive plan that gets implemented and initiates action instead of sitting on the shelf. […]

This is a three evening course designed for appointed members of the municipal planning commission. Land use planning is a critical function of Pennsylvania local governments and planning commissions play a vital role in determining the course of their community’s land use, economic, development, natural and historic resources and in how […]

Even for the most versed public official, understanding the Pennsylvania municipal classification system can be a challenge.  In addition to amendments continuously occurring, sometimes case law alters the application of the codes to specific situation. To address these concerns, LGA has created a webinar program, “Know Your Codes.” This program is […]

The 2015 municipal election is history and local officials have been sworn in for 2016!  Time to double check our complete contact information.  For each municipality in LGA’s database, we will be sending the Primary Contact a list of all the contacts we have in our records.  Please review the […]

The Newly Elected Officials Course Alumni Association meets twice a year for networking, mentoring and issue sharing.  The 2016 schedule is tentatively set for April 27, 2016 and September 29, 2016. Further details on registration will be released soon. Open to all graduates of the Newly Elected Officials Course, the […]

Mark your calendars for LGA’s 2016 Promoting Excellence Golf Outing! The annual event, benefiting our Michael P. Lynch Scholarship Fund, will be held Thursday, May 12, 2016. The Michael P. Lynch Scholarship Fund provides low-cost to no-cost training to municipal elected and appointed officials and employees in financially distressed communities. […]

Operating a professional police department is among the most important, highly valued and costly services provided by local governments. With costs and demands for services increasing each year, and municipalities facing strains on revenues, many elected and appointed officials in southwestern PA communities are facing questions about the sustainability of […]

  Some of the great challenges associated with local government service relate to understanding and managing human resources in the public sector. This course provides an introduction to managing human resources in the local  government setting, addressing fundamental issues facing the municipal employer. Whether you are an elected official, a […]