LGMF Placement Regions

2025-2026 Host Organizations 

NORTHEAST	Lexington, Massachusetts ** State College, Pennsylvania
SOUTHEAST	Sarasota County, Florida   Pinellas County, Florida Albemarle County, Virginia  Loudoun County, Virginia  Wake County, North Carolina**
MIDWEST	River Falls, Wisconsin* Edina, Minnesota**
MOUNTAIN PLAINS	Wichita, Kansas  Santa Fe, New Mexico  Phoenix, Arizona *
WEST COAST	Bakersfield, California  Bellevue, Washington *  Tacoma, Washington *

*Fellows will be a part of the cohort, but these communities manage a separate application and review process.

**Hosting a second year fellow.

2024-2025 Host Organizations

NORTHEAST	Lexington, Massachusetts  Shelburne, Vermont  State College, Pennsylvania
SOUTHEAST	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida  Pinellas County, Florida   Loudoun County, Virginia  Wake County, North Carolina
MIDWEST	Meqoun, Wisconsin  Edina, Minnesota Dakota County, Minnesota
MOUNTAIN PLAINS	McKinney, Texas  Wichita, Kansas  Overland Park, Kansas Phoenix, Arizona
WEST COAST	Dublin, California  Hayward, California  Bakersfield, California  Bellevue, Washington  Tacoma, Washington

*Fellows will be a part of the cohort, but these communities manage a separate application and review process.

**Hosting a 2nd year fellow.

West Coast
AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA

Mountain Plains
AZ, AR, CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY

Midwest
IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI

Southeast
AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Northeast
CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

*Hosts that are participants in the LGMF, but prefer to accept direct applications. Links to application page are available on their website, or the ICMA Job Center if posted there. These positions may have different posting and filling dates than the LGMF cycle. The average number of Fellows placed over the last few years has been between 34-45, so the number of hosts listed above does not reflect all the placement opportunities this year.