City of Santa Barbara, CA Succession Program
    Recognizing that there will be a major turnover in management in the next five to ten years, the City's Executive Management Team explored several strategies to plan for the continuation of a high performance organization through a commitment to sustained initiatives that engage outside the box thinking to attract, develop, and retain needed talent in the City of Santa Barbara.

    In the end, the team produced six strategies which form the City’s “Succession Program.”

Striking a Balance: Local Government Implementation of Land Use Controls, Strategies from the 2003 Brownfields Peer Exchange

by Groeneveld, Thomas

This report documents a peer exchange between local government officials from Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Chautauqua County, New York, in which they shared information about the challenges they face and the strategies they employ to address land use controls in their communities. Addresses design and implementation of land use controls, stakeholder coordination, information management, enforcement, and funding.
Year: 2003; Pages: 45.
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