Update: The Winter Meeting has been re-scheduled for March 16 – 17! View new meeting details here. After thoughtful feedback from our steering committee and review of public health data, we’ve made the difficult decision …
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Access to Paid Leave
American Rescue Plan: How should mayors proceed?
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 …
Spring Academy on Water Affordability
COVID-19’s impacts continue to hit local water utilities especially hard, as increased unemployment and less non-residential demand impact revenue. During these challenging times, local leaders need solutions and support in order to keep water accessible …
What do you need to know about the American Rescue Plan and Small Business Support?
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 …
Combatting Food Insecurity in Champaign, IL
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 …
7 Steps to Municipal Resilience & Recovery
How can mayors support the vaccine rollout?
Millions await their COVID-19 vaccination, as states and localities move through prioritization systems and infrastructure challenges. Despite often lacking oversight over public health systems, mayors are frequently called on to explain and help navigate these …
What to Do Rather than Privatizing Services and Selling off Assets
Privatization rarely saves public dollars. Here’s what cities should do instead.
Applying Behavioral Insights to COVID-19
The use of behavioral science, or behavioral insights, is a proven best practice for cities to positively influence behavior. Cities have been applying this lens to their COVID-19 communications and messaging efforts to encourage public …