Municipal leagues
Municipal leagues are entities that aim to serve as advocates for municipal interests and as providers of training, technical assistance, research, and information to city and town officials. In addition, municipal or state leagues, seek to advocate public policy positions that benefit the residents of cities and improve local governance through the exchange of information and experiences. State leagues were created voluntarily.[1]
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National Civic League
The National Civic League was founded in 1894, when educators, journalists, business leaders, and policy makers met in Philadelphia to discuss the future of American cities. Those who attended the conference included Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, Marshall Field, and Frederick Law Olmsted. The gathering was organized in response to perceived municipal government corruption and served as a national call to, in its words, "raise the popular standards of political morality."[2]
The conference delegates voted unanimously for the formation of the National Municipal League - later named the National Civic League - to help answer this call to action. The organization set out to make city governments more honest and efficient by creating a national network of local reform groups that could learn from each other's successes and failures.[2]
National League of Cities
The National League of Cities was established in 1924. It is considered the largest and oldest national organization representing cities and includes both mayors and council members as active participants. NLC also represents its members in Washington, D.C., in the legislative, administrative, and judicial processes.[1]
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