High-speed dependable internet is not a convenience or a luxury, but a critical tool for resilient, connected, and inclusive communities. Broadband ensures that residents have access to education, healthcare, and essential services. However, low-income neighborhoods, …
Strengthening Faith Partnerships: A Tool for City Resilience
By Mary Carr Lee • Mayors Innovation Project Across the country, cities are navigating a complex reality defined by two factors: the increasingly high needs of our most vulnerable residents and the persistent uncertainty of …
Member City Spotlight: Madison, WI
Complete Streets is an approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enable safe access for all, regardless of mode of travel. Complete streets policies and practices improve safety, enhance public health, reduce …
Advancing Water Affordability: Lessons from Local Innovation and Statewide Action
By: Emma Denison, Communications and Student Engagement Manager • The Water Center at Penn The Water Center at Penn, together with our partners the Mayors Innovation Project, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the …
A Mayor’s Perspective on Water Affordability
By: Katya Spear, Managing Director • Mayors Innovation Project This Summer, the Mayors Innovation Project and the Water Center at Penn hosted a webinar featuring Mayor Danene Sorace of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who offered a unique …
Member City Spotlight: Fitchburg, WI
Under the new federal administration, long-standing commitments to equity and public rights are under threat. This erosion threatens to deepen racial and economic disparities, undo hard-won progress, and weaken the trust that local leaders have …
Protecting Rights, Strengthening Cities: Upholding Local Democracy
Since January, cities across the nation have been working to interpret a new, uncertain, and often overwhelming federal policy landscape. At the Summer 2025 Meeting, city leaders came together to discuss how they’re protecting the …
A Movement, Not Just a Moment: Welcoming Week Builds Bridges Across America
By Mary Carr Lee, Mayors Innovation Project Welcoming Week is more than a celebration—it’s a movement. It’s a call to action to build a nation of neighbors where all residents can embrace diversity, foster belonging, …
Alternative response models improve safety for all by sending the right response at the right time
By Katya Spear, Managing Director, Mayors Innovation Project The panel The Right Response at the Right Time at the MIP Summer Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, brought together mayors, department heads, and national policy experts to …
Hotter Days, Smarter Ways: Innovative Strategies for Heat Resilience
By Quincy Midthun • Mayors Innovation Project Across the country, cities are heating up. Extreme heat not only creates extreme discomfort, it strains the grid and endangers the health and safety of residents, particularly in …