The Illinois Municipal League Local Government Online Web Portal

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    The Local Government Online web portal utilizes the power of the internet and you, through the ability to self-publish on the portal, to vastly increase the amount of information available to local officials and other interested parties. No matter what you are, an Illinois Municipal League member, another local, state or federal government entity, a business or another type of organization - we all benefit through information.

    By utilizing the internet and the power of a self-publishing portal -

  • Illinois Municipal League members can e-Market  their community! Information about a community can have a major impact on that community's economic development, tourism or choice as a place to live. A municipal web site may be fantastic, with information par excellence - but how often do folks outside the community come to the web site? Better yet, how does the site get found if they would like to visit? As said before, the Local Government Online web portal is not meant to be the municipal web site, though for small communites it could suffice. The Local Government Online web portal provides whatever you want to call it - marketing, exposure, a place to be ... and a place to be found!
  • Business can access the municipal/local government marketplace. The ability to market to local government is complicated and usually restricted to traditional means such as mailings and publication advertising. Cost of production, mailing preparation and cost of mailing often restricts business marketing and in turn restricts local government from knowing what products/services are available. An e-Marketing  subscription can provide 24/7 exposure along with the ability to self-publish, thereby changing, adding or deleting information as desired.
  • Other organizations can access and provide to the municipal/local government community their information. Much the same as business, they can utilize the concept of e-Marketing to fullfill their organizational goals.

    The Local Government Online web portal is a powerful tool for the IML, it's members and others! But, its somewhat like democracy - it's only as good as the citizens who participate! What you contribute is what someone else is looking for - and what someone else contributes may be what you are looking for.