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  • Strategic Communications Analyst

    Jun 20 2025

    AWC is recruiting for a Strategic Communications Analyst to join our team. Learn more about the position and apply now. Apply by July 22.

  • Safely engaging minors as volunteers, seasonal, or part time employees

    Jun 18 2025

    As summer approaches, many cities and towns welcome young people into volunteer and part time or seasonal roles.

  • Cityvision June 2025

    Jun 18 2025

    Play it forward: Cities and towns embrace outdoor recreation to advance broader community goals

  • Play it forward: Cities and towns embrace outdoor recreation to advance broader community goals

    Jun 18 2025

    Elected leaders come into public office with different goals and aspirations, but ultimately, we are all seeking to make our cities and towns the best possible places to live, work, and play. This issue of Cityvision magazine focuses on the play. More specifically, the importance of recreational spaces and activities to enhance quality of life, foster community connections, promote wellness, and stimulate economic growth in our urban areas.

  • $100 million grants & new councilmanic sales tax for public safety

    Jun 17 2025

  • Engage on federal issues—Sign on to one or all of these letters of support

    Jun 17 2025

    Advocacy opportunities abound at the federal level as budget season picks up and Congress debates policy and funding decisions.

  • Apply now for two Office of Public Defense grants with imminent deadlines looming

    Jun 16 2025

    The Office of Public Defense (OPD) is now accepting applications for two grant programs that can help fund city public defense services, with application deadlines fast approaching.

  • New “Dig Law” safe excavation requirements take effect in July

    Jun 16 2025

    With the passage of SB 5627 this year, city utilities should prepare to comply with the state’s new requirements for safe excavation practices, otherwise known as the Damage Prevention Act, or Dig Law.

  • Wellness pays

    Jun 15 2025

    Investing in wellness activities and programs can greatly benefit the overall health of your municipal workforce.

  • Open swim

    Jun 15 2025

    Cities are finding creative ways to fund the construction and upkeep of municipal pools— critical community infrastructure that expands the definition of an essential service.

  • Tri and tri again

    Jun 15 2025

    How hosting a triathlon has yielded big dividends for the Tri-Cities.

  • Pump primer

    Jun 15 2025

    Investments in community cycling fuel local economic development, and civic pride.

  • Game on

    Jun 15 2025

    The origins and evolution of Washington state’s official sport.

  • Noted: Forming a metropolitan park district

    Jun 15 2025

    Creating and funding a metropolitan park district under RCW 35.61.

  • The question - June 2025

    Jun 15 2025

    What motivates you to prioritize outdoor recreation despite your demanding schedule as a city manager?

  • Balanced growth

    Jun 15 2025

    AWC Vice President and West Richland Mayor Pro Tem Fred Brink on balancing rapid growth with outdoor space.

  • Court advantage

    Jun 14 2025

    Aa pickleball popularity soars, Washington cities are creating public play spaces for the state’s officials sport—hoping to boost the local economy while fostering community engagement and health.

  • Vital designs

    Jun 14 2025

    Understanding how parks, plazas, and public spaces impact downtown revitalization efforts.

  • Win-win

    Jun 14 2025

    The benefits of combining workplace wellness with community involvement.

  • Mother of all parks

    Jun 14 2025

    Remembering Esther Short, a 19th-century trailblazer who foresaw the civic landscape-altering potential of public spaces.

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