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Nominations now open for Exemplary Public Servants of the Year, Crown Communities Awards

Nominations are now open for American City & County’s Exemplary Public Servants of the Year and Crown Communities Awards. These annual awards recognize communities and individuals for their accomplishments. Governments that complete a project with long-term implications are eligible for our America’s Crown Communities Awards. Individual leadership is recognized in our Exemplary Public Servant of […]

Sustainability and resiliency are becoming embedded in municipal operations

Grant Ervin, Pittsburgh’s chief resilience officer and assistant director, Department of City Planning, is proud of his team’s achievements. One of those successes was reaching the city’s 100-percent renewable electricity target in 2020. Ervin’s team met that target by purchasing renewable energy credits. “But along the way—and this is kind of a continuous improvement—we learned […]

How to ensure interoperability in public safety

Interoperability—the capacity of distinct and unique systems to communicate with one another effectively—has always been a challenge in public safety. Fire, police, 911, EMS, schools and private organizations often face challenges to share data and communicate effectively across organizational boundaries. In many cases, important information fails to reach all stakeholders involved in emergency response, increasing […]

A low-cost approach to managing building inspections and risk mitigation challenges facing local and county governments

Following the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Fla., local governments across the country began to ask themselves, “Could this happen here?” Stepping up inspections, reevaluating regulations and determining which buildings to inspect became a priority for local leaders. However, the scale of the problem (the large number of buildings in various jurisdictions) often […]

Innovative wastewater treatment system eliminates methane, generates electricity

For advanced and wealthy countries, conventional wastewater treatment systems are considered a necessity required to maintain good hygiene. The public health benefits far outweigh their comparatively high price tag and the environmental impact that comes with sludge disposal.  But for countries that don’t have large coffers, wastewater treatment plants pose “an expensive, unattainable pipe dream,” according to Dr. Sebastien Tilmans, executive director of the Codiga […]

Study: Densely populated city centers associated with lower rates of depression

By 2050, more than 70 percent of the global population is projected to be living in cities, continuing a trend of urbanization that’s been ongoing since the industrial revolution. In that time, depression rates have increased exponentially across the board. Given the common perception of cities as cold, stress-laden environments, researchers have historically correlated a perceived link between urban-living and mental health […]

Modernizing the budgetary process with cloud-based systems lets municipalities better adapt

It wasn’t just businesses that shuttered their doors when the pandemic struck last spring. With everyone suddenly telecommuting, municipal governments from Massachusetts to New Mexico were unexpectedly thrust into an entirely digitized world.  For many cities and counties accustomed to working in-person within closed or analog systems, adapting to the change was undoubtedly a challenge. Especially when it comes to budgeting, being able to adapt to the pandemic’s rapidly changing […]
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