A peer learning network for mayors and city leaders.
Wednesday, October 7 4pm ET/3pm CT/2pm MT/1pm PT A popular staple of our in-person meetings, we are taking the Innovation Showcase virtual! While 2020 has proven especially unprecedented for local leaders, so many of you are rising to the challenge. The Innovation Showcase is fun and informal, providing mayors with the chance to present on …
This is a guest post from our partner, The Little Think Tank. View our ‘Good Ideas for Cities’ newsletter on this topic here. Across the country, people are looking to local leaders to help manage the stress and fear of this new and unknown disease. Leaders are called on to craft a recovery strategy that …
Mayor Keith James of West Palm Beach, FL is our first mayor to record his Virtual Innovation Showcase presentation.
In a guest post, our partner Welcoming America offers the following ideas for actively involving new Americans in city's response to the pandemic. These ideas draw on a decade of work in belonging and inclusion, and emerging approaches from their network of 200 nonprofit and local government members.
This article was originally written by our Co-Managing Director, Katya Spear, for Apolitical. As public servants face the challenges brought by Covid-19, it’s easy to yearn for the normalcy of a time that seemed simpler, safer, and easier. But for many people, “normal” was not working — low-wage workers, low-income communities, and communities of colour, among …
Due to COVID-19, we have canceled our Summer 2020 Annual Meeting in Tacoma, WA. We plan to bring alternative content to our network this summer.
The coming months of the COVID-19 crisis will continue to bring an unprecedented amount of strain on municipal budgets. Here, we review the US Federal Reserve’s groundbreaking recent action that may provide a way to inject much-needed financial capital into cities. On April 9, the US Federal Reserve announced that it would open a new …
Just like you, we here at the Mayors Innovation Project are adjusting to the “new normal”: working from home, moving events to virtual settings, and working with cities and mayors as they continue to address the COVID-19 crisis. We are impressed by the speed with which local leaders have taken on this challenge, and we …
Our interview with Mayor Breea Clark, Norman, OK As a peer-to-peer learning network for mayors across the country, the Mayors Innovation Project is here to provide you with up to date resources from experts and perspectives from your peers. Read our interview with Mayor Breea Clark, Norman, OK to hear how she is managing in …
Learn how one of our mayors - Breea Clark, Norman, OK - is managing in this time of crisis, and what learning lessons she would offer to other mayors.
