Thank you for joining us on Tuesday as we heard from Gainesville City Manager, Anthony Lyons. Gainesville recently went through the Design-Thinking Process led by IDEO. Gainesville completely reinvented itself in order to change its civic experience. Their main goal: “ Make Gainesville the best place to live and work, courtesy of human-centered design.” They redesigned their planning + zoning department, now known as “The Department of Doing.” The approach was to design government for everyday people, not experts, creating a positive citizen experience. To read more about their redesign, click here.

YLakeland finished the summer strong with the Summer Leadership Program! They had 68 participants between the two sessions and celebrated their 600th graduate. Thank you LEDC Members for allowing your new hires + interns to participant in this program. They completed leadership trainings while exploring Lakeland behind-the-scenes and connecting with peers. Until next summer...