Whitburn Center

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Governance

Governance Reports

A Municipal Driven Approach to Nonprofit Collective Impact Initiatives (August 2024)

National School Board Survey (March 2024)

Governing for Results in Wisconsin Local Government (October 2022)

Governing for Results in Wisconsin Local Government: A Toolkit for Local Government Leaders (October 2022)

Professional Management & Public Service Workforce

Professional Management & Public Service Workforce Reports

From Theory to Practice: Improving the ICMA First-Time Administrators Handbook (October 2025)

Professional Management in Wisconsin Municipalities: A Primer (May 2024)

Modernizing the Local Government Workforce: A Next Generation Initiative (August 2023)

Whitburn Center Local Government Human Resource Survey: Phase 1 Results (March 2023)

2021 Wisconsin Municipal Needs Assessment Report (January 2022)

Whitburn Center Releases New Report on the Meaning of Local Control in Wisconsin (January 2022)

Public Health & Safety

Public Health & Safety Reports

Ready or Not? Assessing Social Vulnerability, Community Resilience, and Adaptive Capacities to Hazards in East Central Wisconsin (March 2024)

The Viability of Fire Districts in Wisconsin (June 2023)

Whitburn Center Fire Service Survey (May 2023)

An Evaluation of the GO Transit City Bus Program for K-12 Students in Oshkosh (May 2023)

An Evaluation of the GO Transit City Bus Program for K-12 Students in Oshkosh: Recorded Presentation (May 2023)

An Assessment of Social Vulnerability and Resiliency in Wisconsin Emergency Management Planning (August 2022)

Wisconsin Professional Manager Response to COVID-19 (March 2022)

Community Resilience Profiles

Brown County
Calumet County
Dodge County
Door County
Fond Du Lac County
Green Lake County
Kewaunee County
Manitowoc County
Marquette County
Outagamie County
Sheboygan County
Waupaca County
Waushara County
Winnebago County

Civic Trust & Democratic Practice

Civic Trust & Democratic Practice Reports

Improving Language Access in East Central Wisconsin through Campus-Community Partnerships (April 2025)

Rural Wisconsin through the Lens of the Community Capitals Framework (December 2024)

Trust in Elections and the Threat of Political Violence: The Summary of Five Wisconsin Listening Sessions (October 2024)