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This guest blog post is from Ralph Garboushian at CapitalEdge. Financially battered cities celebrated the March enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act (PL 117-6) and its $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Relief Fund. However, celebration quickly turned to nervous anticipation as local leaders awaited guidance from the Treasury Department. Although at its …
The Mayors Innovation Project, partnered with Healthy Babies Bright Futures, provided grants to cities across the country to work towards better health outcomes for children. We are excited to share the story of one of our grant recipients, Wilkinsburg, PA.
This is a sponsored post from Colu, written by Micahel Mazur & Elad Erdan. The new and historic $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) signed into law on March 11th provides $360 billion in state and local government support, with $65.1 billion going directly to cities. The spending deadline is set for December 31st, …
The Mayors Innovation Project, partnered with Healthy Babies Bright Futures, provided grants to cities across the country to work towards better health outcomes for children. We are excited to share the story of one of our grant recipients, Champaign, IL. By Rebecca McBride, Founder/CEO of 4 Osprey (CU City Farms) To combat high rates of …
This guest blog post is from Matt Prewitt and Leon Erichsen at RadicalxChange. Cities prosper because they are networks. Physical proximity leads to rich collaboration, cooperation, and exchange. These shared activities have positive spillover effects, enhancing the quality and value of everything around them. This virtuous cycle has powered urbanization for more than a century. …
Above: Customers access fresh, local produce at Lynn’s expanded Winter Market The Mayors Innovation Project, partnered with Healthy Babies Bright Futures, provided grants to cities across the country to work towards better health outcomes for children. We are excited to share the story of one of our grant recipients, Lynn, MA. Written by Norris Guscott, …
Privatization rarely saves public dollars. Here’s what cities should do instead.
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 …
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.
