by Bob Jessup | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog
We’ve all been in meetings like this — I just didn’t know there was an accepted term for the phenomenon –Imagine a city council meeting with three agenda items: a $100 million power plant zoning approval, a request to build a $10,000 bike rack for city sidewalks...
by Bob Jessup | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
Tips for reviewing official statements Do you have on your desk an “official statement” that you have to review or help draft? Or do you expect to have one soon? If so, this post will give you some ideas about how to do that effectively. If not – well, we love folks...
by Sanford Holshouser LLP | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog
Small Changes To These Two Areas Are Easy Ways To Better Engage Your Community It’s time to change things up when it comes to public meetings if we want them to be effective. Our communities have changed and it’s time the way we hold public meetings changed too. As we...
by Bob Jessup | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
We had read many articles touting the benefits of an organized client feedback process, and so we wanted to go through one ourselves. It worked great – we learned a great deal and we’d highly recommend it – and we thought we would share some of what we learned. You...
by Sanford Holshouser LLP | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog
Why Your Community Engagement Practices Are Failing to Engage Your Community Most local government leaders say they want to provide access for all members of the community to voice concerns and opinions about issues affecting the community. Effective community...
by Bob Jessup | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog
YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES – Getting your community into the movie and TV business The film industry can boost your local economy in both the short and long term. Throughout North Carolina, localities large and small have reaped the benefits. And the good news is...
