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 …
An equitable and green economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 is possible.
Friday, September 11 11:30am – 12:30pm EDT/8:30 – 9:30am PDT Experts had predicted that the 2020 general election would shatter voter turnout records. Now with COVID-19, many municipalities are not prepared to address the challenges of high turnout and pandemic safety guidelines. Now less than 8 weeks out, how can mayors ensure the general election …
While some cities are using tactical urbanism to help businesses continue safe operations, residents in many cities are creating spaces for healing and advancing racial justice.
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 …
Our updates from how we are supporting mayors, including the Virtual Innovation Showcase, the New Mayors Cohort, the Water Affordability Academy, and more.
Mayor Keith James of West Palm Beach, FL is our first mayor to record his Virtual Innovation Showcase presentation.
Data’s role in the pandemic City efforts to expand innovations in data and technology have proven crucial in responding to the COVID pandemic. From mapping localized infection rates and predicting hospitalizations, to contact tracing among infected residents, to consolidating transit routes, cities use data to drive policy responses and inform residents. Communicating data in a …
Local water utilities are already facing aging water infrastructure, effects of climate change, and increasing operating costs. This leads to a major dilemma: increase water rates to pay for infrastructure needs or keep rates static at the expense of long-term system needs. Now COVID-19 has meant a tsunami of additional financial strain. Some utilities have …
Conception to pre-k is a pivotal time in child brain development. One in six children in America has a developmental disability, and one in 45 have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research indicates that early life exposures to neurotoxic chemicals from drinking water, food, air, soil and consumer products can contribute to autism, …
