Ep6 - Municipal Recruitment & Incentives of Remote Workers
In this episode Mark Partin and Karl McCollester explore innovative recruitment packages by municipalities, focusing on attracting remote workers and leveraging natural resources. We discuss examples from West Virginia, Folly Beach, SC, Cheraw, SC, and McPherson, KS, highlighting strategies that don't rely solely on financial incentives but also community engagement and quality of life improvements.
Topics:
Topics:
- Small Town Recruitment
- Recruitment incentives to relocate for remote work These 5 US states will pay you to move there—and one even has a $23,000 relocation package\
- Recruitment incentives including housing allowances for public safety personnel: Housing stipends for Folly Beach police, fire could expand
- Cheraw: https://www.masc.sc/uptown/06-2025/cheraw-makes-its-case-attract-remote-workers
- https://www.makemymove.com
Grants
- 5/11/2026 ($350k): National Endowment for the Humanities Collections Stewardship grant:
- 4/30: ($200k) Knight Cities Challenge Grants https://knightfoundation.org/knight-cities-challenge
Find Us:
Mark Partin is Chief of Staff for the City of Sumter (https://sumtersc,gov). Subscribe and Find more of Mark's Local Government Leadership Thoughts at https://localleadershipinsights.substack.com/
Karl McCollester spent 20 year in strategic technology consulting for small municipalities in the Carolinas and George. He is the CEO of GovPossible.
GovPossible (https://govpossible.com) is a Public Benefit Corporation that provides software to help small municipalities manage their operations including finance, budget, licensing, permitting, planning, codes enforcement, cemetery, meetings, and website.