 Mark your calendars for October 24 - 27, 2009 as Eastern North Carolina will host the NCLM 2009 Conference. Elected officials and local leaders from across the state will converge on Greenville for the 101st conference.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities is a nonpartisan association of more than 540 municipalities in North Carolina. The mission of the League is to enhance the quality of life in municipalities through excellent municipal governance. Greenville has been part of the organization since its inception in 1908 (as the Carolina Municipal Association) and has had three Mayors serve as the Association's President.
Greenville is proud to join our partners at Pitt County Government, East Carolina University, the Towns of Winterville, Farmville, and Ayden as well as the City of Washington in bringing the Conference to the region. This regional approach to the Conference reflects the need for governments and other agencies to work together to create solutions and make life better for all our citizens.
If you plan to attend this conference and need more information, please click on the appropriate link below.
Here is a press release the League recently sent out about the conference.
Don't forget to join us Sunday October 25th for the Host City Event "Wheeling Into The Next Century." We'll depart the Convention Center at 6 p.m. and roll over to the campus of East Carolina University. There, experience the excitement of a pirate game day with the ECU marching band and cheerleaders, feast on the Taste of the Region Tailgate featuring many of the area's independent restaurants. You'll hear from ECU Football Coach Skip Holtz and Men's Basketball Coach Mack MacCarthy, be thrilled by a stunt show from Greenville's professional BMX bike community, and dance to the sweet sounds of a Motown tribute. You won't want to miss a minute of it!
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 Raleigh, NC – September 30, 2009 …. Approximately 1,000 municipal officials, state officials and guests are expected in Greenville October 25-27 for the N.C. League of Municipalities’ annual conference. This is the first time that Greenville has hosted an NCLM annual conference. Pre-conference activities will begin October 24, and the conference ends October 27.
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Morehead City Mayor Jerry Jones, 2008-2009 NCLM president, will preside at conference activities, which will take place at the Greenville Convention Center.
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The keynote speaker for the conference will be will be Dr. James H. Johnson Jr., the William Rand Kenan Professor of Management at UNC-Chapel Hill. Johnson will open the conference by looking at the economic impact of North Carolina cities and towns. The closing speaker will be Dr. Douglas Brinkley, noted historian and author or editor of 30 books including: The Reagan Diaries; Rosa Parks, A Life; The Boys of Point de Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion; The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Portable Civil Rights Reader; and Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 1858-1919.
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The annual conference will feature educational opportunities. Workshop topics will include small town financing, closing overt drug markets, transportation, sustainable jobs, economic development, personnel, the environment, ethics and more
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The NCLM conference will include the adoption of the League’s core municipal principles and the advocacy agenda for 2009-10, as well as the election of NCLM officers and directors.
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Founded in 1908, the League is a voluntary, nonpartisan association of more than 540 cities, towns and villages in North Carolina. The League advocates for municipalities at the state and federal level and provides a variety of direct services.
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