Kinder initiated local interest in the grant after learning of it at the Mayors Innovation Project summer meeting in Scranton, where she was a panelist for a discussion of rental housing and tenant protections. After meeting Kyra Naumoff Shields, director of the grant program, there, Kinder worked with Roberson when she returned to Meadville to pursue the grant.
New Mayors
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UW–Madison student researchers support five cities by connecting local plans to UN Sustainable Development Goals
“We are so grateful for the work that these students produced for the cities in our network,” MIP Managing Director Katya Spear said.
Twelve U.S. Mayors Join 2023 New Mayors Cohort
Last month, the Mayors Innovation Project brought together newly elected mayors from across the country for its 2023 New Mayors Cohort. Held May 17-19 in Madison, WI, the 12 participating mayors attended sessions on a variety of topics and heard insights from former cohort participants on their experiences in the program as new mayors.
Equity in Leadership: The 2021 New Mayors Cohort
Mayors are on the front lines of our community’s most daunting challenges. In the last two years alone, mayors have been managing multiple crises in their cities — the COVID pandemic, racial justice uprisings, climate …
Register Now: 2021 New Mayors Cohort
We are excited to announce the dates for the 2021 New Mayors Cohort! The Cohort will offer invited mayors in their first term the opportunity to join a small peer group from around the US, …
Management in Times of Crisis
As a leader, learning to successfully manage a crisis happens while on the job, in real time. A crisis will prove to be one of the most challenging yet defining moments of any mayor’s career. …