Official Publication of the National League of Cities OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY
Volume 34, Number 36 | September 26, 2011

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NLC Calls for Continued Tax-Exempt
Financing of Municipal Bonds
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Application Process Underway for NLC
Officers and Board of Directors
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Guide to Help Cities Attract Foreign
Investment, Expand Trade
Former Gov. Rendell, Eco-Entrepreneur Carter to
Speak at Congress of Cities Opening General Session

by Cyndy Liedtke Hogan
NBC News analyst and
former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
Rendell and eco-entrepreneur
Majora Carter will be among
the speakers for a thought-
provoking Opening General
Session at the Congress of Cities
and Exposition in Phoenix.

Ed Rendell
Majora Carter

making these kinds of invest-
ments in cities and are promot-
ing efforts to build better cities
and more effective city leaders.
Urban economist Edward
Glaeser will provide the cap-
stone for the conference with
a speech during the Delegates’
Lunch on Saturday, November
12. The author of “Triumph
of the City: How Our Greatest
Invention Makes Us Richer,
Smarter, Greener, Healthier
and Happier” will show how
cities bring all of these topics
together to improve the lives of
citizens.
take place November 10-12.
NLC will also explore the
impact that immigration has on
communities and constructive
local action in cities across the
country throughout all confer-
ence programming.
The session will set the tone
for the learning and network-
ing that will follow during the
conference. The speakers will
explore how economic growth
is spurred by:
• investing in infrastruc-
ture ;

Rendell
During the opening general
session, Rendell will address
infrastructure as it ties to eco-
nomic development.
During his two terms as gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania, Rendell
led strategic investments that
energized Pennsylvania’s econ-
omy, revitalized communities,
improved education, protected
the environment and expanded
access to health care for chil-
dren and affordable prescrip-
tion drugs for older adults.

see page 8, column 1
NLC’s Green Cities Conference Offers
Sustainability Solutions for Communities

by Tammy Zborel
Cities are critical leaders in the
promotion, development and imple-
mentation of policies and programs
to advance the social, economic and
environmental sustainability of their
communities. And at this year’s Green
Cities Conference, city leaders, staff
and industry professionals will come
together to share experiences, explore
timely issues affecting their goals and
learn from experts and peers on practi-
cal strategies they can take back to their
communities.

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Solutions for Your Community will
be held November 10-12 in Phoenix
as one of four concurrent conferences
offered at NLC’s Congress of Cities and
Exposition. No other national sustain-
ability event provides the variety of pro-
gramming and range of opportunities
to engage with peers and find practical
“take-away” strategies to advance locally
led sustainability initiatives. Cities of
various sizes and at all levels of their
sustainability efforts are sure to find
resources at Green Cities to support and
advance their goals.