Peoria Standard

PEORIA CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE W. ALLEN SELECTED AS DELEGATE TO NATIONAL CONVENING

Local Government 2030 Will Bring Together Leaders and Catalyze Change

Peoria City Council (Fourth District) Member Andre W. Allen has been selected as one of 13 Elected City and Council Official Delegates to attend “Local Government 2030: Action for the Future, a National Convening of Practitioners and Elected Officials” January 26-27, 2024 at the Phoenix Campus of Arizona State University.

 Mr. Allen was selected from City and County official applicants nationwide to participate. The Elected Official Delegates will join 50 local government practitioners Delegates, all under the age of 40, from cities, counties and regional councils. The charge of the Delegates: to break silos and create groundwork for change.

 “We are honored to have Council Member Allen as part of this important initiative to help chart the course for the future of local government,” said Wally Bobkiewicz, a member of the Convening Organizing Committee. “The Delegates will leave Phoenix with a blueprint for change.”

 In 2019, the National Academy of Public Administration issued a call to government professionals to address the “Grand Challenges” facing our nation. In response, a group of local government professionals around the country formed. A theme emerged: We need individuals from all local government professions to come together to provide leadership in implementing solutions. No one group can do it alone.

Delegates in Phoenix will follow up the work from the first Local Government 2030 convening in November, 2022 at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. During 2023, the Convening 1 Delegates have worked on projects focused on workforce, communications and justice impacted individuals.  Convening 2 will complete this work and develop plans for carrying forward change in local government.  The convening is modeled after the Minnowbrook Conferences, and similarly aims to catalyze new thinking.

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