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By: Mary Carr Lee, Mayors Innovation Project As Mayor Danene Sorace gets ready to step down at the end of the year, she’s reflecting on her time leading Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Sorace has been focused on some big things: connecting with neighbors, tackling the housing crisis, and making the city more sustainable. Right from the start …
A new poll from the national group Mayor’s Innovation Project shows that female mayors face higher rates of harassment and violence than their male counterparts. Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges helped to develop and facilitate the survey. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about its findings.
Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges joined “The Final 5” to discuss a new study from the Women Mayors Network showing women mayors face substantially more harassment than their male counterparts. From threats and violence to “slow-burn sabotage,” the study suggests these challengers especially target women of color. In her interview with Jim Lokay, she lays …
Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong spoke with Dr. Sheila White on Chicago’s Lightning Strike Talk Radio Show, highlighting her work with the Women Mayors Network (WMN) to carry out their recent study on the individual and systemic barriers that women mayors face as they campaign and govern. Read the full report here.
By Mary Carr Lee, Mayors Innovation Project At the Mayors Innovation Project summer meeting, mayors and experts from cities across the country dug into the issue of homelessness, highlighting the urgent need for a shift away from crisis management to sustainable solutions that demonstrate measurable results. Featuring leaders from Takoma Park, MD; Albuquerque, NM; Newark, …
According to a press release sent out today from the office of the Mayor, the city has been selected to take part in a new national effort designed to cut through the red tape that can slow down or discourage small business growth. The Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity is led by the Mayors …
Rochester has been selected as one of six cities nationwide to participate in the Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity. The program is led by the Mayors Innovation Project in partnership with Cities Work at the Institute for Justice, with the intent to make starting and growing small businesses easier.
The City of Rochester has been selected as one of six cities nationwide to join an inaugural national small business initiative. It is titled the “Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity” (RJI), and the initiative is led by the Mayors Innovation Project in partnership with Cities Work at the Institute for Justice.
Rochester has been chosen as one of six cities nationwide to join the first-ever Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity. This initiative, led by the Mayors Innovation Project and Cities Work at the Institute for Justice, aims to simplify processes for starting and growing small businesses.
Today, the Mayors Innovation Project is pleased to announce that six US cities have been selected through a national competitive application process to join the Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity cohort (RJI). RJI is a partnership between the Mayors Innovation Project and Cities Work at the Institute for Justice that aims …
