Peter Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager
Thoughts on running a city, daily musings, and everything in between.
City Manager, Auburn Hills, MI
Calling all Engineers!
We had the Mayor come to speak at this morning’s Optimist Club. It’s always great to hear about our community from the Mayor and observe people’s reaction to how many things we have going on. The problem, according to the Mayor, for speaking engagements like today is cutting down the list of things we have [...]
Posted in Business, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Service
Goals and Objectives
Every year our City Council holds an annual Goals and Objectives workshop on a Saturday about this time of year. Why this time of year? Well, we are gearing up for our annual budget process and we feel that if there ever is a good time to lay out a map for our organization, it [...]
Posted in Communication, Finance, Leadership, Planning, Projects
More list
I was reading Crain’s and found another interesting list. The Largest Divisions, Affiliates and Subsidiaries for 2012. There was a list of 25 organizations of who is who in the supply networks. You guessed it, 7 of the top 25 are located in Auburn Hills, the most of any southeastern Michigan community. What a neat [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service
PPPPP
Something I learned a long time ago, don’t remember where though…Could have been while in the army or even from my dad. Growing up as a carpenter’s son, I learned a lot of what I think are common sense things that still pay off today. Also learned a lot of colorful comments that won’t be [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Projects, Service
Rainy Days
There are sometimes when you read about governments and rainy day funds. Some wonder is that the same as “slush funds?” No, it is not, and depending on the philosophy of the organization Rainy Day Funds or Reserve Funds are just like a person’s savings account and emergency fund wrapped into one. A case in [...]
Posted in Communication, Finance, Legislative, Planning, Programs, Projects
Community for a Lifetime
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger I seem to frequently mention that the City of Auburn Hills is a busy city, which I know is a vague statement. Hopefully from the blogs offered by various departments, you can get a good picture of the many events and projects that occur or are [...]
Trash Talk
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Being a female who did not play sports in high school (I wanted drama to be “my thing” but it was not, I was way too shy), I never understood “trash talk”. That is, until I dated a basketball player in college. Trash talk is serious stuff [...]
Revealing the Secret Sauce
Why? This is a question we often receive, another is, how? What? Is another good question that our team is consistently asked. Just returning from another quest, searching for businesses that want an environment they can thrive in always reenergizes us to continue to tell our story. Why tell others? There are some who say [...]
Posted in Business, Communication, Events, Leadership, Legislative, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Road Trip Review
Well I just got back from our Northern European Road Show with the federal government through the SelectUSA program. Normally when we travel we attempt to do retention visits and work on solid leads that are close to being project ready. This was a little different trip where we exposed and introduced ourselves to between 20 [...]
To the Market We Go!
By Stephanie Carroll, Coordinator of Community Relations and Legislative Affairs and Guest Blogger, The Auburn Hills Farmers Market was established to serve as a community gathering place where local farmers, producers and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products to generate a sense of local pride and further economic development in Downtown Auburn Hills. [...]
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