Nation's Cities - March 5, 2012

6 NATION’S CITIES WEEKLY
March 5, 2012

NEWS ANALYSIS
Where We Stand: Modernize America’s Education
and Job Training Systems

by Neil Bomberg
Politicians, researchers, poli-
cymakers and the media seem to
be in agreement that the world
of work is changing rapidly and
so, too, must the nation’s job
training and education systems.

CityFutures Panel to Address Livability at the
Congressional City Conference

by Lara Malakoff
NLC offers a variety of ways to
learn and engage with peers around
the unique issues that affect commu-
nities. Local officials can get involved
in these member councils, panels and
networks at the 2012 Congressional
City Conference.

The 2012 panel is led by Mary
McComber, councilmember, Oak
Park Heights, Minn., chair, and Matt
Appelbaum, mayor, Boulder, Colo.,
vice-chair. A meeting will be held at
the Congressional City Conference on
Monday March 12, from 7:30 to 9:00
a.m. At the meeting, Bill Hudnut, for-
mer four-term mayor of Indianapolis,
Congressman, author, think tank fel-
low and NLC past president will pres-
ent on the topic of livability within the
context of broad metropolitan change,
and a group discussion about this issue
will follow. Interested individuals are
invited to attend the meeting and
become involved with the panel.

Details: For more information
about the panel and its mission, con-
tact Lara Malakoff at malakoff@nlc.
org.
SCI, from page 1
nerships, and will seek feed-
back and contributions from
NLC members across the coun-
try, particularly city leaders and
staff engaged with sustainability
efforts in their communities.
Over the next few months, NLC
will work closely with these
groups to conduct an in-depth
assessment of SCI and identify
ways to grow this resource.
Details: Those who are inter-
ested in being part of conver-
sations regarding the develop-
ment of SCI or would like to
contribute feedback, submit a
resource or learn more about
SCI should contact Tammy
Zborel at zborel@nlc.org.

Have Your Say!

Join NLC staff in a special focus group discussion on Monday,
March 12 from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Congressional City
Conference in Washington, D.C., to talk about the transition of
the Sustainable Cities Institute and and offer your feedback and
ideas about this exciting new resource.