Georgia Cities Newspaperhttp://www.gmanet.com/Feed.aspx?type=Rss20&method=Category&title=Georgia Cities Newspaper&descr=Georgia Cities Newspaper&criteria=a3eb5de4-e199-e111-967e-0050569541deGeorgia Cities NewspaperSat, 25 May 2013 00:16:43 GMTen-usReview City's Compliance of Internal Revenue Service Regulationshttp://www.gmanet.com/MDR.aspx?CNID=71596http://www.gmanet.com/MDR.aspx?CNID=71596 Wed, 09 May 2012 19:12:00 GMT
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]]>City Officials Play Role at Capitolhttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71595http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71595 Wed, 09 May 2012 19:06:00 GMTThe influence Georgia cities have at the State Capitol is real. Nearly 40 cities visited the State Capitol over the course of the 2012 Legislative Session. ]]>City Officials Join Hundreds for Bike Ride to the Capitolhttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71594http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71594 Wed, 09 May 2012 18:56:00 GMTAn estimated 1,500 bicycle enthusiasts and more than 30 metro-area mayors and city councilmembers converged on the state Capitol for the 7th annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol event on March 27. ]]>Financial Pressures Constrain State and Local Government Hiringhttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71593http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71593 Wed, 09 May 2012 18:49:00 GMTA new survey by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence finds that more than half of state and local governments still have a pay freeze and are adjusting retirement and health care benefits. ]]>Leesburg, Lee County Work Downtown Plans Togetherhttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71589http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71589 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:28:00 GMTThe city of Leesburg is working its plan. It’s a plan that has been in the works for several years now, and will likely take several more to complete, but city and county leaders agree that once finished, it will transform downtown Leesburg. ]]>Failure is Not an Optionhttp://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71585http://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71585 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:26:00 GMTToo often, people are reluctant to make changes for fear of failure, but, in hesitating, they fail their communities. If you want change to come to your city, you have to be willing to change yourself. ]]>The Georgia MultiModal Passenger Terminal: Planning for and Enhancing Georgia’s Futurehttp://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71587http://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71587 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:20:00 GMTA critical component to enhancing Georgia’s appeal as an attractive state to live, work and play is connectivity.]]>What’s in Your Downtown Development Tool Box?http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71598http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71598 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 GMTOn September 1, 2011 the city of Douglasville received its first opportunity zone designation. The idea to research and apply for opportunity zone designation was generated in a Main Street Douglasville Economic Restructuring committee meeting. ]]>Economy Takes Center Stage at Annual Conventionhttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71584http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71584 Wed, 09 May 2012 14:38:00 GMTThe state of the economy and the future of economic development will be the focus of the Monday morning general session at GMA’s Annual Convention, June 25. A panel of experts will address these issues and take questions from city officials. ]]>Report Tells the Story of City Financeshttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71583http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71583 Wed, 09 May 2012 14:26:00 GMTOften called a citizen’s report, a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) contains charts, graphics, photographs and easy to understand statements about a city’s financial status, services and projects.]]>Changes Made to Taxes, Open Government Lawshttp://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71581http://www.gmanet.com/Paper.aspx?CNID=71581 Wed, 09 May 2012 14:19:00 GMTThe General Assembly passed legislation this year that will affect the way municipalities govern themselves and made significant changes in two of their major sources of tax revenue. ]]>Government Finance Officers Find Strength in Numbershttp://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71586http://www.gmanet.com/Viewpoints.aspx?CNID=71586 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:10:00 GMTThe Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada provides many valuable services to public-sector finance professionals at the state and local level. Founded in 1906, GFOA has more than 17,000 members who look to it as the gold standard for identifying, developing and communicating leading practices in government management. ]]>