COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT - Local Government Education
UW-Extension is working to help increase local officials' knowledge
and decision-making abilities. UW- Extension also facilitates
communication between units of local government including towns,
villages, cities, and the county.
Program example:
Local officials often request assistance of the UW-Extension Office in helping
boards and committees understand their specific roles and responsibilities,
holding open meeting or records laws, or conducting meetings.
Related Links of Interest
 The Local Government
Center is a multi-disciplinary unit of the University
of Wisconsin Extension supported by the Wisconsin Counties
Association, the Wisconsin Towns Association, and the Wisconsin
League of Municipalities. The Center offers training workshops,
educational teleconference network (ETN) programs, publications,
and fact sheets in the areas of community planning & design,
growth management, local government official education, disaster
management & recovery, barn preservation, and downtown
business improvement programs.
 The Washington
County Web site lists the departments, services, meetings,
and minutes related to county government. Contact information
for all 20 local communities within the County as well as
rosters of elected and appointed officials is also available
on the site.
 The Wisconsin
League of Municipalities is an association of statewide
municipalities providing
a clearinghouse of information, lobbying efforts, and legal
assistance.
 A statewide organization promoting the interests of towns,
town government, and small villages is the Wisconsin
Towns Association.
 Serving Wisconsin's seventy-two counties is the Wisconsin
Counties Association, whose goal is to further better
county government
and protect the counties' interest.
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