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You will not want to miss the 2011 League Annual Conference, August 30 - September 2 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson.
For conference registration and more detailed information,
point your browser here.
In addition to the regular conference general sessions, concurrent sessions, receptions, lunches and dinners there is a variety of
important extra activities you might be interested in attending.
Visit the link below for a list of the extra events taking place in conjunction with the Annual Conference.
Please note: The events below do have separate registration and costs.
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Sign up your city or town's youth council to attend the 6th Annual League Youth Program, held during the Annual Conference in Tucson
on Wednesday, August 31. The one-day program will allow the youth an opportunity to meet their counterparts from around the state,
share ideas and best practices, and also meet with local elected officials. For more information, please visit
www.azleague.org/e/11youth.
The registration deadline for this event is August 8th and space is limited! Please contact the League with any questions.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference in Tucson. For more
information on the various levels and associated benefits, please
view our corporate benefactor brochure.
Rural Policy Forum: Linking Rural Arizona to Grant Makers
August 10-12, 2011
Black Canyon Conference Center
Phoenix, Arizona
For more information on this training, please
point your browser here.
To register for the training,
point your browser here.
Point your browser here to view the July 19
presentation hosted at the League on the 2011 Independent Redistricting Process. Speakers were Independent Redistricting
Commission Executive Director Raymond F. Bladine, and IRC Legal Counsel Mary R. O'Grady with Osborn Maledon, and Joseph A.
Kanefield with Ballard Spahr LLP.
Please note: this session provides CLE credits for attorneys. If interested, please contact League General Counsel Joni Hoffman at
jhoffman@azleague.org.
By Joni Hoffman, League General Counsel
Two years before being elected to the United State Congress from Arizona, John Shadegg was chairman of the "It's TIME! Committee."
The goal of this Committee was to ask the voters of Arizona to pass an amendment to the Arizona Constitution that would make it more
difficult for the Arizona State Legislature to increase taxes and fees paid by Arizonans. The It's TIME! Committee gathered enough
petition signatures to place the issue on the 1992 statewide general election ballot. Proposition 108 passed overwhelmingly.
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by Lara Malakoff
The National League of Cities (NLC) is currently accepting applications for the 2011 City Showcase, NLC's premier program
celebrating city achievements. Successful, creative programs from cities and towns across the country are encouraged to submit an
application to participate.
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Eagar Daze, August 5th-6th, in Eagar, Arizona
The town of Eagar encourages you to come on down and bring the whole family for some old fashioned fun. Friday kicks it off with
barrel racing at the Rodeo Grounds. Following the race, don't miss an ice cream social, Citizen of the year and Hall of Fame awards
and outdoor dance with a live band at Ramsey Park. On Saturday, enjoy the pancake breakfast, run/bike for health duathlon, logging
events, foot rodeo, variety show, bull riding, and horseshoe tournament.
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Have news or photos to share?
If your city or town was recently featured in the news, has an interesting program or photos of events and travels to share,
please send them our way! Story ideas and materials may be submitted to
mvinzant@azleague.org.
The Town of Gilbert and students from ASU's Polytechnic Campus in Mesa are teaming up to create an innovative system of turning
waste into energy. The idea is to design and install a machine at Gilbert's popular Cosmo Dog Park that would convert the waste of
the park's four legged friends into power used to run a lamp located in the park. To read the full story from azcentral.com, please
point your browser here.
Yuma hotel guests to dine free 'every day the sun doesn't shine'
A lot has changed in Yuma over the last century - but one thing that hasn't is the reliable sunshine that favors this southwestern
town an average of 350 days a year.
In fact, back in the day, Yuma hotels boasted that they offered "free board every day the sun doesn't shine." Now, in honor of
Arizona's Centennial celebration, the whole community will renew the historic offer for twelve months beginning August 1.
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A new Chandler program converts one person's trash into another's treasure. The program allows residents thinking of throwing away
items such as furniture, electronics, appliances and more to instead drop them off at a city run collection center. Any items that
can be reused are then donated to a local non-profit. To read the full story, please
point your browser here.
In celebration of Social Media Day, the city of Tempe hosted a competition in June to encourage citizens to "like" their page,
www.facebook.com/
cityoftempe. The contest was created to offer a
prize to the city's 2,011th fan in the year 2011. This unique idea allowed the city to garner more participation on their social
media page for a low cost - prizes included a free boat rental from Tempe Boat Rental on Tempe Town Lake and a pair of tickets to
the Songwriters' Showcase at Tempe Center for the Arts. To date, the city now has more than 2,200 fans.
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League of Arizona Cities and Towns
1820 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-258-5786
Fax: 602-253-3874
http://www.azleague.org
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