GIS Funding Best Practices for Cities & Counties

Greg Babinski, GISP: GIS Management Consultant/Founder, GIS Management Academy

Date: Friday February 27 1:30pm - 3:30pm ET

Goals and objectives of this workshop

The focus of this workshop is on funding GIS operations for cities, counties, and other entities. Money is what built our GIS in the past, money is what keeps it going today, and money is what we need to sustain and grow it in the future.

If you have all the money your GIS needs, that’s great! But if you do not, or if you worry about sustainable financing for your GIS in the future, this workshop can help you develop effective GIS funding strategies.

Part of the challenge for managers is that GIS competes for a share of the finite budgets that cities and counties have. GIS budgets are rarely more than 0.5% of typical municipal budgets, but other departments want to maximize their share of the budget pie. The labor cost for one GIS staff member could also fund a new police officer, or a permit technician, or a transportation planner. How do we make our case for secure GIS funding?

This workshop will present effective strategies for developing a broad base of support for adequate GIS funding, show ways that GIS funding support can be diversified, and suggest innovative funding options.

Workshop author and instructor Greg Babinski has more than 30 years’ experience addressing the GIS funding issue.

BeSpatial Members get a 10% discount! Enter BeSpatial2026 when registering.

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