Mayor Mac Pooler of Kellogg was honored with the Harold Hurst Award for his outstanding contributions to the Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) at the 69^th AIC Annual Conference in Boise, June 22-24.

The Harold Hurst Award is given annually to a city official who demonstrates exemplary performance in city government and who has contributed to the accomplishments of the Association of Idaho Cities. The award is named for Harold Hurst, the Mayor of Heyburn for 24 years and a Past President of AIC. (more…)

WHEN: November 14-16, 2016

WHERE: Willard Arts Center in Idaho Falls, ID

Applications will be accepted until September 30th.

New Mobility West’s Community Mobility Institute brings together local leaders to receive in-depth training on issues at the nexus of transportation, community planning and economic development. Communities can apply as teams of six to eight local leaders. If accepted, these communities receive a scholarship to attend the two and a half day training, with all lodging and most food costs covered. Community teams will work one-on-one with expert facilitators in transportation, land use planning, and economic development, and will leave the training with a better understanding of how to build stronger communities through transportation systems, and a clear path to develop an action plan of next steps on identified issues once home.

See FLYER for full details and how to apply.

Today FHWA published a new planning and design resource on Achieving Multimodal Networks: Applying Design Flexibility and Reducing Conflicts. This report will help practitioners address topics such as intersection design, road diets, pedestrian crossing treatments, transit and school access, freight, and accessibility. It highlights ways to apply design flexibility, while focusing on reducing multimodal conflicts and achieving connected networks.

The document is available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/publications/multimodal_networks.

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Mountain Time)
Organization: West Region Transportation Workforce Center and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Register HERE

Join this informative workshop presented by Patrick Ibarra of the Mejorando Group. As workforce members continue to depart organizations, with them goes a significant amount of critical knowledge that is essential to conducting the public’s business within their former organization. As organizations prepare for the potential departure of valuable staff, a major concern is how to preserve the knowledge that these seasoned employees have amassed. Various types of knowledge retention strategies can be utilized so that critical knowledge does not “walk out the door.” This presentation will illustrate an overall strategy and associated tactics to enable an agency to systematically capture and transfer knowledge.

Read more about this webinar HERE.