Nation's Cities - February 6, 2012

NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY 3
Webinar to Explore Improving Outcomes for Children
and Youth through Collective Impact

Municipal leaders, city staff
and their community partners
are invited to register for a free,
90-minute webinar on “Improving
Outcomes for Children and
Youth through Collective Impact”
that will take place Wednesday,
February 15, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern
time. NLC’s Institute for Youth,
Education and Families (YEF) is
hosting the webinar.
Speakers will include represen-
tatives of FSG, a nonprofit strat-
egy consulting and research firm,
as well as representatives of cities
that have led or sparked cross-
sector Collective Impact efforts:
• Jeff Kutash and Emily
Gorin of FSG,
• Douglas Scarboro,
executive director, Office of
Talent and Human Capital and
education liaison to the mayor,
City of Memphis, Tenn., and
• A representative from
the City of Seattle.

Registration

To register for this free webi-
nar, please create an account
and login through myNLC (my.
nlc.org/eweb), NLC’s recently
launched online portal.
Webinars Focus on Broadband, Energy Code Compliance
by NLC Staff
How Broadband
Access in Santa Monica
has Impacted Local
Economic Development
a strong telecommunications
infrastructure that can support
innovative approaches to the
ways governments do business.
The webinar will look at
how Santa Monica has built
a strong telecommunications
infrastructure and how this
is impacting local economic
development by cutting costs,
creating efficiencies and pro-
viding better service to resi-
dents.
This event is present-
ed by NLC and the Public
Technology Institute.
For more information
about the webinar or NLC’s
Infrastructure Program, visit
the Infrastructure page of the
NLC website or contact Julia
Pulidindi at pulidindi@nlc.
org.
NLC’s Center for Research
and Innovation is hosting two
upcoming webinars during the
month of February.

Local Strategies for

Improv-ing Energy Code Compliance

Wednesday, February 22,
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern
time
This webinar will present a
case study on the city of Santa
Monica. A robust local econo-
my is vital for overall national
economic development and
global competitiveness. One of
the tools for achieving this is
Thursday, February 23, 2:00
p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern time
For a local government this
typically means some type of
enforcement role, but in a time
of dwindling local budgets and
constrained resources, an added
responsibility is difficult to con-
sider. This webinar will address
strategies that local governments
can employ to ensure that build-
ings in their jurisdiction are
meeting the requirements of the
energy code while still meeting
the constraints of their budget.
The webinar will present three
successful strategies and exam-
ples of jurisdictions that have
implemented the strategy.

Over the past six years, the
national model energy codes
have increased energy efficiency
by an average of 30 percent.
Unfortunately, these poten-
tial savings often go unrealized
due to a lack of compliance.
Compliance is a means of ensur-
ing that the requirements of the
energy code are met.

Registration

To register for this free webi-
nar, please create an account
and login through myNLC (my.
nlc.org/eweb), NLC’s recently
launched online portal.
Leadership Training Institute Announces Two-Day
Seminar on Economic Development

by Crislyn Lumia
On May 17-19, Manhattan Beach,
Calif., will be the setting for the
Leadership Training Institute semi-
nar, “Formulating Effective Economic
Development Policy, Marketing and
Communication Strategies.”
Economic development is one of the
key levers local governments have to
support job growth, business develop-
ment and overall quality of life in the
community. And, while cities may not
create businesses, they can help or hurt
businesses’ ability to succeed and grow.

It is imperative to understand the needs
of local businesses, create better lines of
communication between businesses and
government and coordinate efforts across
multiple agencies to provide regulatory
support for business development.
Do you know the key stakeholders in
your community, both service provid-
ers and business organizations? How
are you connecting and leveraging these
organizations? Enhancing communica-
tion — both within local government
and with the business community and
economic development stakeholders —
is an important part of the process. The
fiscal climate is making it difficult for
cities to implement large-scale, capital-
intensive economic development proj-
ects, but there are many avenues for
local governments to support economic
growth and to better meet the needs of
the business community.