Governing and Governing.com are working with sponsors to provide interactive forums on the various issues effecting professionals in state and local government. We'll bring a diverse group of experts to you to discuss and present best practices, case studies and solutions on the issues that most effect state and local government today. Remember, it's interactive. So you'll be able to participate and ask questions.

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Held June 22, 2006

Playback available: View this pre-recorded seminar to join Governing magazine and experts from MapInfo and a major retailer — along with a Certified Main Street Manager — for a highly interesting, informative and lively webcast as we "get inside the head" of today’s retailers to understand how new methods and criteria for site selection can either make or break a community’s chance for a win-win outcome. Ideal for government officials and economic development professionals at any level, BIDs, IDAs, downtown development associations, chambers of commerce, and anybody involved with, or reliant on, economic development efforts in municipalities of any size.

Held May 23, 2006

Playback available: View this pre-recorded webcast with Saba®, Governing magazine and experts from Deloitte and Los Angeles County for a lively webcast in which a diverse panel discusses the real and present human capital shortfall risks faced by state and local government leaders today.