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Executive Director Tracy Burrows Sails Off Into a New Adventure

October 30, 2024  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  MRSC News and Updates

MRSC says goodbye to Executive Director Tracy Burrows, who led the organization for more than a decade.

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Tips for Transitioning Fleet Vehicles to Electric

February 15, 2023  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Climate Change ,  Energy Resources and Conservation

Electric vehicle (EV) fleets can help an agency save money and meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, but transitioning fleets to EVs will be a major undertaking. It helps to start small and to pair the program with the build out of local EV charging infrastructure.

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Making Government Work Attractive

June 23, 2022  by  Tracy Burrows ,  Leah LaCivita
Category:  Administration and Management

How can local governments build a strong workplace culture that engages current staff and attracts new workers? Here are some ideas, including a case study from the City of Issaquah.

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Investing in Equity To Prepare for Environmental Challenges

January 6, 2022  by  Tracy Burrows ,  Leah LaCivita
Category:  Climate Change ,  Inclusive Communities

Some Washington local governments have placed equity front and center when preparing for the impacts of climate change. This blog looks at efforts in Lakewood and Shoreline.

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They Said What?! — Handling Misinformation

December 13, 2021  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Social Media

From conspiracies to outright gossip, this blog offers tips for local governments on how to counter misleading claims on social media. 

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MRSC Tackles Big Challenges Through Its Local Climate Response Project

July 15, 2021  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  MRSC News and Updates ,  Climate Change

MRSC is launching the Local Climate Response Project this month to help local governments protect the health and economic vitality of their communities.

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Being Cyber Aware in the Age of COVID-19

April 8, 2020  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Cybersecurity ,  COVID-19

This blog posts looks at cyber threats that have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and offers tips for local governments to help protect their resources. 

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How to Talk to the Public When the Heat is On

April 11, 2019  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Management

Don't wait until a crisis hits your agency to develop a plan for managing communication with the public. This blog post provides an overview of how to plan ahead—before crisis puts you in the spotlight. 

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3 Steps to a More Meaningful Mission Statement

June 12, 2018  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Management

In this post, MRSC's Executive Director Tracy Burrows looks at the role of an organization's mission statement and an easy, 3-step process to creating mission statements that will engage employees long after the process is over.

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Time to Scrap the Annual Performance Review?

June 8, 2016  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Administration and Management

New approaches to performance reviews offer techniques that could enhance the value of public sector performance appraisals.

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What Makes A Successful Ballot Measure? A Look at the Data

September 25, 2014  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Elections

A review of the results of over 600 local ballot measures in our searchable ballot measure database shows some very interesting trends. 73% of all ballot measures succeed, but that only tells part of the story.

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The Year the Public Servant Became the Bureaucrat

January 21, 2014  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Management

Cultural shifts are reflected in the language that we use. We can see this over the past 50 years of city planning as we have shifted from "urban renewal," which quickly took on the connotation of a flawed solution...

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