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COVID-19

The Housing Crisis: What Cities Can Do

Posted on December 2, 2020

Over the last two decades, the US has experienced an unprecedented housing crisis. Housing costs have doubled, while income has remained stagnant. Most renting households who live below the poverty line spend at least half …

Posted in COVID-19, Virtual Content

Virtual Innovation Showcase

Posted on September 9, 2020

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 …

Posted in COVID-19, Innovation Showcase

Making Sense of Pandemic Recovery

Posted on July 27, 2020

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 …

Posted in COVID-19, Partner Post

Virtual Innovation Showcase: Mayor Keith James and Response to COVID-19

Posted on July 10, 2020

Mayor Keith James of West Palm Beach, FL is our first mayor to record his Virtual Innovation Showcase presentation.

Posted in COVID-19, Innovation Showcase

Three ways to succeed in an immigrant-inclusive emergency response and recovery

Posted on May 14, 2020

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.

Posted in COVID-19, Partner PostTagged Immigration

Pandemic insights for local government leaders

Posted on May 12, 2020

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, …

Posted in COVID-19

Insights about the Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF)

Posted on May 1, 2020

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 …

Posted in COVID-19

How We’re Supporting Mayors During the Pandemic

Posted on April 30, 2020

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 …

Posted in COVID-19, News

GIFC: Our Interview with Mayor Clark; cities addressing racial disparities

Posted on April 27, 2020

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 …

Posted in COVID-19, Good Ideas for Cities

Our Interview with Mayor Breea Clark, Norman, OK

Posted on April 27, 2020

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.

Posted in COVID-19
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