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Calling Accela’s Most Innovative Customers for Accelarate 2021 Trendsetter Awards
This fall, Accela will welcome hundreds of state and local government leaders, product experts and industry changemakers to its annual govtech conference, Accelarate. For the…
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The 5 Must-Haves When Replacing Your Legacy Planning, Permitting and Licensing System
Residents and business owners experience seamless and intuitive digital retail and service interactions— like from Amazon and Uber—as the standard, and they expect the same…
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How Inline Translation is Shrinking the Digital Equity Gap
A 2016 survey by the U.S. Census Bureau reports that 21.6% of people age 5 and older speak a language other than English at…
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Let’s Not Return to Normal: Accela, Microsoft Discuss Leveraging Tech and ARP Funds to Build Back Better
Government Affairs leaders from Accela and Microsoft recently led a session in a Route Fifty Town Hall to share ways in which…
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Customer Spotlight: High Point, N.C. Leverages SaaS to Improve Planning and Development
In High Point, N.C., a longtime hub of the U.S. furniture-making industry, city officials needed a better way to engage with developers, service citizens and…
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Herfie is Back and Springbrook is Standing Tall
This week, we shared some exciting news with the local government financial community – we’re bringing Springbrook back, along with its beloved mascot, Herfie…
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Legalize it? Regulate it!
We are entering a new era of innovation, disruption and change. The very “norms” of how we live, travel and use energy are changing. Some…
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Powering Through Pain Points to Protect Public Health
Trying to explain what the field of environmental health is to people on the outside can feel like speaking a different language. People often think,…
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