legislators to aid in building impactful relationships between local and state governments. To help orchestrate relations between the local and federal levels, the League hosted Congressional Luncheons, one in May with Representative Valerie Foushee, and one in June with Representative David Rouzer. To continue to foster the relationships and professional training of local leaders across the state, the NC Mayors Association met five times throughout the state in 2023. The Metro Mayors coalition met twice in 2023. The League attended two NLC Conferences in 2023. In March, 101 of our members gathered at the NLC Congressional Cities Conference for our NC Leadership Reception. In November, we hosted another NC Leadership Reception at the NLC City Summit. The GA team tracked 325 municipalrelated bills in the 2023–2024 long session, kept League members up to date on matters within the General Assembly, and lobbied municipal issues on behalf of cities and towns. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT More than 400 League members attended CityVision 2023. Adding in guests, speakers, special guests, non-members, continues on page 13 staff, and vendors, the total attendance soared to just at 600. This year, CityVision 2024 will be held in Winston-Salem, April 23–25, register online at cityvision2024.com. The Inaugural Risk Management Services Trust Matters Conference was held October 5, 2023, in Durham, and hosted 93 members and staff for a daylong training on risk management topics. Through the League’s Advancing Municipal Leaders program, we’ve educated at least 373 members via On-Demand courses (Ethics and Utility Management Best Practices with DEQ) and Webinars (Ethics and others); held 10+ in-person courses, League Update: Year in Review Congressional Roundtables CityVision 2023 NCLM.ORG 11
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