August 28th - 31st, 2012
Hyatt Gainey Ranch
Scottsdale, AZ
Mark your calendar! The 2012 League Annual Conference will be held in Scottsdale at Hyatt Gainey Ranch, August 28-31.
Hotel and conference registration information will be sent out to all cities and towns in May. This information will also be
available online.
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June 1-2, 2012
The Wigwam
300 Wigwam Boulevard
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
This training is open to all city and town elected officials. The cost of this year's program will be $170.00 per person. This
price includes materials and food (breakfast, lunch and a reception on Friday, and breakfast on Saturday.) Program and
registration information will be sent out to all cities and towns in March.
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The League of Arizona Cities and Towns offers four levels of sponsorship through its annual conference. For more information on the
sponsorship levels and benefits available, please
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The National League of Cities 2012 Congressional City Conference will be held March 10-14. Listed below are two events planned
specifically for the Arizona conference delegates.
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Name, title & city/town
Jonathan Rothschild, Mayor, City of Tucson
Year elected to office
2011
Years served on Executive Committee
This will be my first year on the Executive Committee.
Hometown
Tucson, AZ
Why did you decide to serve in local government?
I saw that I could use the skills I had as a lawyer, a businessman and someone involved in a leadership capacity with various
non-profits to help the city move forward.
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Below is a list of training opportunities that may be of interest in the coming months:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Talent, Technology and Action
Sponsored by SmithGroup, SRP, Gammage & Burnham, SUNDT Construction and Abacus Project Management
Thursday, March 8, 2012
League Training - Open Meeting Law
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Applications are now being accepted for the $100,000 Innovations in American Government Award. Offered by the Harvard Kennedy
School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Innovations Award is heralded as the nation's premier award for
the public sector. It recognizes programs that demonstrate creative and effective government at its best.
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Join AzTA and ADOT at the High Country Conference Center at Northern Arizona University on April 23-24, 2012, as AzTA begins its
25th Anniversary celebration with its co-host ADOT. This year's conference will feature three tracks, including: Improving the
Operation, Achieving Sustainability, and Partnering for Success. Nearly 20 sessions will provide practitioners, planners,
operators, and users with valuable information and skills to make public transportation programs and services better, while finding
ways to meet the current economic challenges that face us all.
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Angel Flight West (AFW) is a non-profit organization that provides a valuable service to those people living in the 14 western
states of the U.S., including Arizona. The mission of Angel Flight West is to arrange free air transportation in response to health
care and other compelling human needs.
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Gilbert residents can now use their smartphones to report neighbors for overgrown weeds, barking dogs and excessive baby-sitting
with a new "app" developed by town officials. The "myGilbert" app launched recently in the iTunes App Store and is also available
for Android phones. The free app, the first to be released by the town, allows residents to interact with Town Hall by reporting
code violations and includes contact information for the Town Council, town manager and departments.
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If you're tired of looking over your shoulder and losing sleep at night because there's a Kingman Municipal Court arrest warrant
with your name on it, this is your chance to get it taken care of without going to jail. Court officials have decided to publish all
outstanding warrants during the months of February, March and April in an effort to reduce the numbers of active warrants, Municipal
Court Judge Kathy McCoy said. During this time, people with active warrants will not be taken to jail if they voluntarily appear.
Read more in the Kingman Daily Miner, here.
Recently, the New York Times featured the town of Tusayan and proposals from investors for a huge development of hotels,
restaurants, stores and other amenities. According to the New York Times, "The proposed development by the Stilo Group has
set new standards for ambition or, depending on one's view recklessness. The tug-of-war over the development, which has been going
on for two decades, has brought together businesses executives and builders, conservationists, the National Park Service, Indian
tribes, area residents and others." To read more in the New York Times,
point your browser here.
On February 22, CNN hosted the Republican presidential candidates' debate at the Mesa Arts Center. The Arizona Republic
said that, "Arizona shined on the national stage for what appears to be the Republic presidential candidates' final debate before
Super Tuesday." Downtown Mesa starred on national TV all week with CNN anchors using the Mesa Arts Center as a set and City Hall as
a backdrop. Observers said Arizona pulled off a pivotal performance worthy of an encore.
Read more in the Arizona Republic, here.
Scottsdale's Granite Reef Senior Center recently captured NuStep's prestigious Pinnacle Award. The award is annually presented to
the most outstanding senior center in the United States that best demonstrates a culture of whole-person wellness and
active aging throughout its organization. The award was presented to the center by NuStep's Vice President Steve Sarns on Monday,
January 30th.
Read more in the Arizona Republic, here.
By Professors Robert B. and Janet V. Denhardt, Arizona State University
Reprinted with permission from the Alliance for Innovation
There is increasing evidence that the most effective leaders are those that approach leadership as an art, not a science. So, let's
consider what it might mean to take seriously the idea that the most effective local government professionals and leaders are
artists.
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