By Stephanie Rottinghaus As members of the Iowa League of Cities, we recently had the privilege of attending their annual event (held in person again)! The conference brings together hundreds of city officials and administrators from all over the state of Iowa to network, and we truly enjoyed seeing people face-to-face again! CGA hosts a…
By Stephanie Rottinghaus and Micah Cutler As members of the Iowa League of Cities, we recently had the privilege of attending their first virtual conference. While typically the gathering brings hundreds of city officials and administrators from all over the state of Iowa together to network, things were very different this year, although the conference…
A typical ice breaker question when meeting someone new is “where do you work” or “what do you do”? As a civil engineer and land surveyor, when I answer this question, people’s eyes start to glaze over and they appear to quickly look for ways to escape the conversation. Maybe some of the lucky ones…
As members of the Iowa League of Cities, we recently had the privilege of attending their annual conference in Dubuque. This gathering brings hundreds of city officials and administrators from all over the state of Iowa together to network, attend educational sessions and gather resources in order to assist their communities with the issues they…