Skip to main content
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mayors Innovation Logo
Mayors Innovation Project
A peer learning network for mayors and city leaders.
  • Join us! Expand Collapse
    • Become a Member City
    • For Sponsors
  • Meetings & Events Expand Collapse
    • Meetings & Events
    • Summer Meeting 2026: Madison, WI!
    • Past Events
    • Winter 2026 Meeting: Washington DC
    • Summer Meeting 2025: Albuquerque, NM!
  • Our Work Expand Collapse
    • Under Pressure: Women Mayors Report
    • Regulatory Justice Initiative
    • Women Mayors Network
    • Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety
    • Mayoral Safety
    • New Mayors
    • Affordable Water
    • Project Archive
  • Policy Topics
  • Publications
  • News
  • Our Impact Expand Collapse
    • Testimonials
    • Annual Reports
  • About Expand Collapse
    • What We Do
    • Steering Committee
    • Our Team
    • Sign Up
  1. Home
  2. Author: Katya Spear

Katya Spear

Now is the time to redefine public safety: Building a comprehensive ecosystem to identify, engage, and support those most at risk

Posted on July 29, 2025

Building a comprehensive ecosystem to identify, engage, and support those most at risk

Posted in News, Partner Post

Good Ideas for Cities: Building trust through fiscal transparency

Posted on October 3, 2023

Best practices for the EV fleet transition

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, News, Publications

Good Ideas for Cities: Electrify Your City Fleet

Posted on September 20, 2023

Best practices for the EV fleet transition

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, Meetings, News, Transportation

Virtual event: Mayors Roundtable on Alternative Response & Reimagining Policing

Posted on June 13, 2023

This event will present information on alternative response models informed by NYU’s extensive research on cities doing this work across the country, including Albuquerque, NM and Brooklyn Park, MN.

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, Meetings, Uncategorized, Virtual Content

Petaluma’s Youth Plant Trees to Reduce Air Toxics

Posted on April 6, 2023

City parks are a public asset that deliver co-benefits in public health and climate change mitigation. Ensuring their safety, accessibility, and sustained funding is critical work.

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, Healthy Babies, Partner Post

Deep engagement informs city programs and spaces in Rochester, MN

Posted on March 14, 2023

This week, we are featuring member city Rochester, MN’s work to make community co-design a central approach to developing city spaces and programs. Rochester is bringing co-design into city procedures, beginning with a Discovery Walk …

Posted in Innovation Showcase, Member City Spotlight, Women Mayors Network

Investing in your council relationships to improve outcomes

Posted on November 3, 2022

Council relationships aren’t always easy. When councils and mayors work well together, the positive impacts can be far reaching; but when strained, important city work can stall.

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, News

Madison Combines Lead and Mold Abatement with Energy Efficiency Programs

Posted on October 19, 2022

The Mayors Innovation Project, in partnership 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, Madison, WI.

Posted in Good Ideas for Cities, Healthy Babies, Partner Post

Event: Women Mayors Network Session on Navigating the Isms

Posted on October 18, 2022

This mayors-only interactive session created exclusively for the Women Mayors Network offers space for releasing and healing from the daily challenges of experiencing racism, heterosexism, and sexism and strategies for building shared accountability for disrupting these isms.

Posted in Uncategorized, Women Mayors Network

Member City Spotlight: Welcoming Immigrants in Lincoln, NE

Posted on September 15, 2022

This week, we are featuring one of our member cities, Lincoln, NE. Mayor Gaylor Baird believes that city government, at its best, helps people coexist and reach their full human potential.

Posted in Member City Spotlight
  • You're on page 1
  • 2
  • Next page

Site footer content

University logo that links to main university website Part of the Universities of Wisconsin

Our Partner Projects

  • High Road Strategy Center
  • State Smart Transportation Initiative
  • ProGov21

Quick Links

  • What We Do
  • Become a Member
  • Meetings & Events
  • Our Work
  • Policy Topics
  • Email Sign Up

Contact Us

  • William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
    1180 Observatory Drive
    Suite 7122
    Madison, WI 53706
  • Email: info@mayorsinnovation.org
    • facebook
    • x twitter
    • linkedin

Website feedback, questions or accessibility issues: help@mayorsinnovation.org | Learn more about accessibility at UW–Madison.

This site was built using the UW Theme Classic | Privacy Notice | © 2026 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.