Talking About What Divides Us: Communicating with Residents on Difficult and Controversial Topics – League Learning Academy Lunch and Learn Series – Join us for a live webinar on October 15 from 12:10 -1:10 p.m.
Advocacy
Learn how local housing strategies can help your city or town compete for new federal grant opportunities under the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Join NLC’s webinar on Tuesday, October 13. Register now »
Membership
Introducing the PEDAL Program! The League is proud to partner with National Insurance Services (NIS) and Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. (MNL) to offer Pennsylvania municipalities a valuable new option for life, short term disability, and long term disability insurance. This exclusive program, known as the Public Employer Disability and Life (PEDAL) plan, is designed to provide quality coverage, competitive rates, and exceptional service for municipal employers and their employees.
Join us for the Western PELRAS and PIZZA, Regional PELRAS Workshops. This workshop, carefully curated by the Partners at Campbell Durrant, is titled Psychiatric Issues in the Workplace: Preventing Employee Violence, Determining Fitness for Duty and Handling Disability Claims. We will take a break around lunch time and pizza will be provided. Cost of Registration: PELRAS MEMBER – $75 for the first registrant of a municipality, $65 for additional registrations within a municipality. Here is the link to the West and here is the link to the East. See below flyer for more information and QR codes.
Training
From Agenda to Action: Running Productive Municipal Meetings – LLA Management and Administrative track course.
Talking About What Divides Us: Communicating with Residents on Difficult and Controversial Topics – LLA Lunch and Learn Series – Management and Administrative track course.
RA 201: Residential Electrical Academy (October 19-22, 2026) (In person) | PCCA – This four-day program is a comprehensive review of Chapters 34-43 of the 2021 International Residential Code. It includes examples, exercises and question/answer segments designed to illustrate daily practices performed by a Residential Electrical Inspector or Plans Examiner.
Business Leaders Network Spotlight
HRG plans and designs community infrastructure with a focus on quality and value. Typical projects include roads, bridges, water and wastewater systems, recreational spaces, and schools. They also have an in-house team of certified community planners assisting with parks, recreation, and open space planning, comprehensive planning, active transportation planning, community revitalization, economic development, zoning, and land development ordinances. Through creative and inclusive public engagement strategies, they are able to discern a vision that’s reflective of your community character and desires, but their plans go beyond vision to practical, actionable solutions. HRG’s multi-disciplinary team of planners, engineers, landscape architects, and funding specialists fully considers infrastructure and funding constraints to propose ideas that can be cost-effectively designed, permitted, constructed, and maintained for years to come. Municipalities receive more than a list of goals and objectives; they receive a blueprint for implementation success. You can see that in HRG’s work updating Upper Dublin Township’s parks, recreation, and open space plan. Knowing the community cared about increasing residents’ walkable access to parks and recreational spaces, the firm’s planners worked closely with the township to develop a pedestrian connectivity plan that looked beyond mere distance and travel time, carefully considering barriers that make pedestrians feel unsafe like missing sidewalks, dangerous crossings, narrow shoulders, and high-speed roadways. See how HRG’s plan helped Upper Dublin Township secure $35,000 in grant funding and add 4 miles of pedestrian connections in under three years.
Upcoming Events
The League has many exciting events coming up for 2026, view all the new and exciting events that are coming your way!
Coming up soon:
The League is partnering with Penn State University to bring our members a Local Government Certification program -The Foundations in Local Government Leadership Certification Program. This certification provides an unparalleled opportunity for League members to shape the future of local government operations and education, it provides the foundation needed to provide exceptional local governance. For more information and to register please click here.
News and Resources
Participation Requested: The Bonadio Group’s 2027 State of Local Government Study. We invite municipalities across the Northeast to share their perspectives and help shape the 2027 outlook. Your participation will contribute to a broader understanding of the challenges, priorities, and opportunities facing local governments. The survey takes less than 20 minutes to complete. All responses are confidential, and no organization-specific information will be disclosed. The survey will close November 17. Take the Survey
Insurance Trusts
Preparing for ROAD: Developing a Local Housing Strategy: A strong local housing strategy can help municipalities plan for growth while identifying and managing the insurance and risk considerations that come with new development. Learn More>>
The PennPRIME Trust is a municipal pool with dedicated & experienced professional staff and partners here to help municipalities manage risk. Reach out to us for more information or to schedule a time to discuss how The Trust can help! More Info>>
