BINGHAMTON, NY – While environmental issues are often cited as a major factor in cities and towns in pursuing sustainability, a new study shows that economic concerns can be just as important to local governments in adopting concrete sustainability plans.…
Esri Photo Survey Speeds Property Surveys
Redlands, Calif., Sept. 15, 2015—To eliminate blight and revitalize neighborhoods, many local governments use large teams of volunteers to evaluate…
Accela Acquires PublicStuff Bringing Millions of Citizens to the Accela Civic Platform
SAN RAMON, Calif., May 18, 2015—Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based civic engagement solutions for government, announced today it has acquired…
Kellison Joins Sidwell’s Solutions and Services Team
St. Charles, Ill., May 5, 2015—Mike Kellison has joined The Sidwell Company as an Implementation Services Analyst. He will serve a critical need in the company in developing a strong team for implementing Accela software to local government clients. His…
Accela Launches GeoTMS 10.4
SAN RAMON, Calif., April 15, 2015—Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based civic engagement solutions for government, announced today the launch of GeoTMS 10.4. GeoTMS automates the way local government works by providing solutions to easily process and…
NIST Awards $20 Million for Research Center to Help Communities Increase Resilience to Disaster
San Diego—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has awarded a $20 million cooperative agreement to Colorado State University (CSU) to establish the Community Resilience Center of…
Cultivating Community Potential through Economic Gardening
With the global financial crisis, many local communities struggle to stay afloat. Despite the many ongoing conversations about the nation’s economy and what needs to be done to fix it. Detroit is the latest casualty of this unsustainable economic climate,…
Local Governments in Colorado Power Buildings with Community Solar Panels
Adams County and Arvada's local governments are joining a growing number of local governments using solar power generated by "community solar" systems. Denver-based SunShare LLC announced Monday that it reached an agreement to provide the Adams County government…
GGP’s Latest GIS Brings New Levels on Interoperability to Local Government
GGP Systems has announced the latest version of its GIS. The new version, GGP 2014, offers true open systems architecture to provide unrivalled levels of interoperability making it the ideal corporate GIS solution. Able to work with different spatial databases,…
