Executive Director's Column
Other Second International Conference of Mayors Brings Together 25 International Mayors with Over 200 U.S. Mayors at 71st Conference of Mayors Six Cities Win Total of $600,000 in 3Com Urban Challenge Grants Louisville Metro Mayor Abramson Chronicles Successful Effort to Merge City, County Government Mayors Learn about After-School Programs from Participating Youth Mayors Hear from Arts Experts Cities and Borders Task Force Menino Releases "Recycling America's Land" Brownfields Report 2003-2004 Members of the Business Council Steering Committee Council for Investment in New American City Charts Course on Metro Economies, Homeownership, Commercial Investment CitiesFirst® Takes Lead on Homeownership Barcelona Mayor Joan Clos Illuminates Core Principles of Sustainable Development in Revitalization PartnerAmerica Chairman Recognized Criminal and Social Justice Committee Focuses on Drug Treatment, Local Funding for Homeland Security Conference of Mayors/Dupont CUSP Partnership Awards Total of $750,000 to Seven Cities for Lead-Safety Daley Sounds Alarm About Rising Unfunded Mandates 2004 Presidential Candidate Howard Dean Pledges FTA Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn Tells Mayors that Transit Investment Is Essential to Continued Economic Growth of Cities Drug Treatment and Syringe Availability Top Agenda for Children, Health and Human Services Standing Committee Education Standing Committee Probes Education Standing Committee Probes Options for High-Schoolers Conservation, Energy Infrastructure Security and Efficiency Top Energy Committee Agenda Environment Committee Briefed on Latest Developments on Clean Air/Shares Environmental Best Practices Mayor Ethridge Calls for Mayors to Champion Water Issues' Describes Commerce Secretary Evans Promotes Benefits of Economic Stimulus Mayoral Leadership On Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Workshop Mayors Continue Call for Direct First Responder Funding Fiscal Relief Tops Urban Economic Policy Committee's Agenda Richard Florida Says Creative Class to Drive New Economy Garner Addresses Conference Participants on Role of Sustainable Development, Community Building Garner Lays Out Sustainable Development Plan for Upcoming Year Mayor Griffo Recognized for Service North Little Rock Mayor Hays Takes Over Rein of Amtrak Mayors Advisory Council Mayors Receive Update on Critical Health Issues Homeland Security Task Force to Track Federal Funding Congress Moves Forward on Homeland Security Bills Deputy Secretary Says HUD and Mayors Can Make Cities Work Harvard, Conference Launch Internship Program International Affairs Committee Passes Resolutions on U.S.-Australian Free Trade Agreement, Border Issues, and Commendation for Second International Conference of Mayors President of Intrado Discusses Past, Present and Future of Emergency Communications U.S. Metro Job Loss Worse Than Expected Incoming Governors' Association Chairman Kempthorne Pledges Cooperation Mayor Tae-Hwan Kim Highlights Sustainability in Action in Jeju City, Korea: "Saving a River, Saving a City" President of National Association of Mayors in Korea Discusses City Safety, Security 2003 City Livability Award Winners Announced Houston Mayor Lee Brown Honored for Outstanding Public Service Media Focus on Mayors Over 4,000 Participating Jurisdictions Meet the Mayors Program Tapes over 80 Mayors Membership Committee Considers Fiscal "Best Practices" Videos on Mayor Menino and Garner Shown Welcoming Speech Menino's Year Moving Ceremony Held At "I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Site Quito Mayor Paco Moncayo Brings Greetings at Opening Plenary Session: "This Is the Century of Cities" Mayor Elias Mudzuri Warns, "Harare Is on Political Fire" Report of The Nominating Committee Colorado Governor Owens Welcomes Mayors, Delegates to Denver Palmer Elected as President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors PartnerAmerica Co-Chair Mayor Malloy Releases Best Small Business Practices Congressman Rangel Calls for a Congressional City Caucus Regional Cooperation And Community Awareness Key to Homeland Security Preparation Regionalism and Smart Growth Task Force Discuss Findings From a 72-City Survey Identifying Mayor Priorities Stockholm Deputy Mayor Tarras-Wahlberg Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor Addresses Mayors on the Relevancy of the United Nations Mayor Francis N. Tolentino Highlights Promotion and Development of Tourism in Tagaytay City, Philippines Transportation and Communications Committee Targets Reauthorization of the Nation's Transportation Laws Noteworthy Transportation Security Increases in House Homeland Security Appropriations Mark Mayor Franklin Touts Travel and Tourism 2003-2004 Newly Appointed Standing Committee Chairs Garner, Plusquellic and O'Neill Elected Top Conference Officers for 2003-04 U.S.MayorVision Launches New Venture Mayors Discuss Water Policy and Stockton's New Water Partnership in Denver Webb Awarded Conference Highest Honor Mayors Pay Tribute to Webb at Luncheon New Film on Mayor Webb Premiers at Denver Meeting Mayor Wellington Webb Welcomes Conference Participants Women Mayors Convene Semi-Annual Meeting in Denver Workforce Development Committee Examines Workforce Reauthorization Legislation Mayors' Workforce Directors Meet to Address Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Chairs His Final Housing Committee Meeting Recognition of San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. Calendar of Events