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Local Government Center

Mission The mission of UW-Extension's Local Government Center is to provide focus, coordination, and leadership to UW System educational programs supporting local government, and to expand the research and knowledge base for local government education. History The University of Wisconsin-Extension's Local Government Center became operational in January of 1992. Initially created as a two Division unit (i.e., Cooperative Extension and Continuing Education Extension), the Center was reorganized as a Cooperative Extension unit in July of 1994. At that same time, Specialist support was added to address the emerging needs in growth management and community planning and design. Significant high points of the Local Government Center history are celebrated on the Milestones page.

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Center Specialists
	Chuck Law LGC Director and Community Planning and Design Specialist chuck.law@uwex.edu Overall Center program delivery and coordination. Funding mechanisms for downtown redevelopment; rural landscape preservation.
	Dan Hill Local Government Specialist dan.hill@uwex.edu Transportation, open meetings, open records, elections, meeting management, agendas, minutes, parliamentary procedure, public policy education.
	Alan Probst Local Government Specialist alan.probst@uwex.edu Local government finance, administration, and intergovernmental cooperation.
	Philip Freeburg Local Government Law Educator philip.freeburg@uwex.edu Local government law in general; powers and duties of local government bodies and officials; land use regulation; open meetings and records; ethics and conflicts of interest.
	Larry Larmer Outreach Specialist aardvark@chorus.net Parliamentary procedure, conducting government meetings, minutes.
Center Support Staff Tenley Meyer (608) 262-9961 tenley.meyer@uwex.edu Eileen Langdon (608) 262-9960 eileen.langdon@uwex.edu Website support: Eileen Langdon eileen.langdon@uwex.edu

Direct Educational Activities

• Workshops: Full-day seminars offered throughout the state for local officials.
• WisLine programs: Statewide teleconferences offered in cooperation with county Cooperative Extension educators.
• Educational materials: Available online or by mail.
• LGC website: Downloadable fact sheets, bibliographies, and useful links.
• Local Call: LGC's blog.
• Educational programs around the state.
  

UWEX County Educator Training and Support

• Programming assistance: Help with educational design, delivery and evaluation.
• Ongoing communication about programs, current events, and government issues via email, teleconferences, and educational materials.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Education coordination.

LGC Specialists meet regularly with an advisory committee, made up of the directors of the Wisconsin Towns Association, the Wisconsin Counties Association, and the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, to identify and discuss topics for educational programs of interest to local government officials.

LGC Specialists often refer special requests and educational needs to individual UW System faculty and state agency staff to help develop an appropriate educational response.

When appropriate, the LGC helps identify key local government issues having statewide impact and helps coordinate applied research projects to address them.

LGC Specialists participate on a number of state-level committees that deal with issues of local importance.

Through the Continuing Education Division's Governmental Affairs Consortium (GAC), the LGC helps coordinate local government education programs offered throughout the University of Wisconsin System.

This page last updated: May 31, 2013

Upcoming Programs

If you have questions or comments about this web site, find it difficult to access this page, or wish to request an accommo­dation because of a disability, please e-mail UW-Extension's Local Government Center at lgc@uwex.edu.

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