Community Engagement
November 8, 2021
Registration for the 2021-2022 Newly Elected Officials Course (NEOC) is OPEN. It’s time for elected, appointed, and veteran officials to sign up for the most comprehensive training program offered to local government officials. NEOC builds a solid foundation of knowledge essential to effective governing. Focusing on the unique needs of […]
September 22, 2021
Elected Officials are expected to take a leadership role in representing their communities’ interests, and residents are demanding inclusive conversations. Proactively, municipalities are enacting ordinances that address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with the belief that accessible policies lead to thriving communities. This webinar will describe why action is needed by […]
July 7, 2021
Pennsylvania has transformed itself into an artistic haven, ushering in a wave of public art exhibits. In urban and deindustrialized neighborhoods, a growing presence of street art offers insight into each community’s past. What does street art encompass? Historical monuments, meticulous mosaics, and, the most popular medium of contemporary creators, […]
May 18, 2020
Budgeting, personnel management, and community relations are challenging local governments on any given day, but during a pandemic? No, it’s not “business as usual,” and our local leaders have stepped up to the plate to calmly address the crisis gripping the world right now. Over the last several months, with […]
April 14, 2020
As business strives to go on as usual, public and business meetings having migrated to apps like Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, and Zoom. As a result, there’s one expected outcome: a learning curve. Connections breaking, robotic voices, delayed video – these are all common experiences of entering into the game of […]
September 12, 2019
Due to the overwhelming interest, Local Government Academy is conducting preregistration for our acclaimed Newly Elected Officials Course (NEOC). Designed specifically for local elected officials in Pennsylvania, NEOC provides a comprehensive understanding of municipal finance, public safety, personnel law, ethics, media relations, and more. Focusing on the specific needs of […]
August 27, 2018
WEBINAR: Draw the Lines – An Electoral Mapping Competition for the Electorate In 2016, only 6% of PA’s legislative elections were competitive. In the last three congressional elections, no matter how people voted, the makeup of the state’s U.S. House delegation remained the same. Gerrymandering is a prime culprit. It breeds […]
April 5, 2018
WEBINAR REPLAY: The Path to a Better Transportation Future FREE, click here to register See what new ideas for transportation planning can evolve your community. The priorities of a community’s accessibility to transportation have a lasting impact on development and integration. Whether those priorities are public transit, sidewalks, safe accessibility […]
February 1, 2018
ARCHIVED WEBINAR: How to Leverage “Crowdsourcing” to Enable Resident Leadership Register Now FREE Crowdsourcing has a strong history in America. In 1885, New Yorkers crowdfunded the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty — neighbors coming together to aggregate small donations to fund a public good, a strategy which we call […]
January 24, 2018
WEBINAR REPLAY: Building (or Rebuilding) Communities that include every generation Register here FREE Please join Laura Poskin, the Project Manager for Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, an initiative of Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging (SWPPA), for a Sustainable Community Development Network (SCDN) webinar to learn about the recently released a 30-step Action […]