In Office: Issue No. 12
Health, Home, and Happiness
Satisfying the essential needs of health, home, and happiness can feel like a tall order for small municipal governments. But, in this issue, we have lots of ideas that support your community’s well-being in all three categories.
PFAS monitoring requirements proposed in 2024 were partially retracted. We continue to track this critical drinking water legislation, along with deadlines for the US EPA’s Brownfields grants, which address public health impacts from brownfields.
If your community is experiencing increased demand for housing, read on for how municipalities can expand access with housing assessments and rethink regulatory frameworks.
Communities want to play in sustainable, equitable spaces. We explore nature-based design, small-sided sports, and playground innovations—and how they promote safety, inclusivity, and joy.
Why care about this cliché phrase? Because you—a municipal leader—can provide your community steady ground on which to build health, home, and happiness.
With each issue of In Office, we present our experience, our expertise, and our forecasting on the topics and trends that affect municipal projects. Let us know if there’s a topic we can explore for you by contacting us at [email protected].
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At LaBella, one of our four core values focuses on the stewardship of resources. It’s a philosophy of our firm, and we know it’s shared by the many public officials who trust us with their community’s assets.
The responsibilities of the office you hold require stewardship of the public’s finances, safety, education, and infrastructure. The office requires difficult decisions, public scrutiny, and unimaginable foresight. Whether elected or appointed, public officials are the trustees of our communities.
Nonetheless, the office you hold is only daunting if you’re in it alone. In Office is our commitment to be your partner in stewardship. Bringing LaBella’s team of experts into your office, this semi-annual publication will present our experience, our expertise, and our forecasting on the topics and trends that affect municipal projects.
LaBella’s stewards come in many forms: planners, environmental scientists, civil engineers, architects, interior designers, and many other professionals that treat your resources as our own.
Let us know if there’s a topic we can explore for you by contacting us at [email protected].
