Another posting about my internship and just what type of work I do as well as what my goal is. I am trying to learn about local government and public policy and try to help my community as much as possible. I started by deepening board members and also townspeople’s knowledge of our towns financial status. I did that by creating a presentation about the town’s performance in the Moody’s Investors Service report. You can read about that in a previous blog posting. My presentation was put on the town website and sent out as part of the weekly newsletter. After that, the mayor tasked me with helping the town create a new tree focused initiative. This basically entails that I have to create media content as well as resident facing articles about how trees are important. This tree initiative is just a segue into a larger and more substantial project about stormwater and flooding. Our town has a recurring flooding problem, so it is my job to help spread awareness about how the community can do a better job of preventing stormwater runoff. Spreading awareness can take many forms. I create digital informational graphics that can be produced into many different forms. Some of the topics that I create graphics for include: information about hazardous materials, lawn fertilizers, using native plants, and also kitchen fats and oils. These topics go beyond the stormwater initiative and are part of a general move to become a safer, more green town. The content I create goes on billboards, digital flyers, mailers, and articles. Being able to assist with something that is so clearly beneficial to our town, and dedicating time to something that I really feel will make a difference is fulfilling and makes all the work worth it.