Director’s Notes

COLUMN DIRECTOR’S NOTES

YVONNE TAYLOR

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D E V E L O P M E N T A U T H O R I T Y We hope you are reading this while taking a few minutes from preparing to come to Spearfi sh for the annual conference! The City of Spearfi sh has worked hard and has enthusiastically welcomed this conference, and we are very pleased to join them in offering a packed agenda of information, great speakers, and relevant topics this year.

It seems early to be gearing up for the legislative session, but to us, a big part of the annual conference is hearing from you on the Policy Committees’ work on the annual Statement of Policy. And in case you think these policies don’t matter, just today a legislator came up to me with an idea for a bill.

“And you know where I got the idea, don’t you?” he asked. “From your publication!”

He’d been reading last month’s magazine, with the entire proposed policy statement included.

The agenda for conference is full of information on so many topics, including medical marijuana, the workforce housing shortage, civility in government, cybersecurity, and redistricting, just to name a few.

In short, we think you will learn a tremendous amount, get to meet and greet old and new friends, and have a great time at this year’s conference. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Until next month, remember we are always available at 1-800-658-3633 or yvonne@ sdmunicipalleague.org.

Yvonne Taylor Executive Director

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