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Link: https://www.citvvadnaisheights.com/Archive.aspx?AMID=40 <br />City: Columbia Heights <br />Population: 22,243 <br />Has a newsletter? Yes <br />Frequency: 4x per year <br />Length: 12 pages <br />Who submits topics? Communications asks each department for story ideas — cleaning up parks or winter parking, <br />etc. <br />Who writes articles? A combination of communications staff and sometimes departments have materials from <br />organizations to share — home energy squad <br />Who proofreads the newsletter? Communications staff and then back to the departments to proofread their <br />content. <br />Who is part of the review process? Communications staff and each department <br />Who has final say before newsletter is sent to the printer? Communications staff/city manager in the past <br />What is Council's involvement with the newsletter? City Council has no input on the newsletter. <br />Other notes: N/A <br />Link: https://www.columbiaheightsmn.gov/government/city publications.php <br />City: New Brighton <br />Population: 22,413 <br />Has a newsletter? Yes <br />Frequency: 3x per year <br />Length: 20 pages <br />Who submits topics? The department directors work with their staff to come up with topics. <br />Who writes articles? Whoever is the "expert" on the topic, typically a combination of department directors and <br />staff members. <br />Who proofreads the newsletter? The directors proofread the articles before they send them to me. Once I'm done <br />with the draft, I send the whole newsletter to all directors, assistant directors, Directors and a couple of staff <br />members who are responsible for communications for their departments so that they can review/proofread it. <br />Who is part of the review process? City Manager plus all directors, assistant directors, Directors and a couple of <br />staff members. <br />Who has final say before newsletter is sent to the printer? City Manager <br />