Inclusive Procurement Works and We’re going to Help Scale It Up
A new inclusive procurement cohort creates opportunity for 10 cities to learn from trail blazers who came before
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Ben Hecht |
Twitter : https://twitter.com/benhechtBen Hecht was appointed president and CEO of Living Cities in July 2007. Since that time, the organization has adopted a broad, integrative agenda that harnesses the collective knowledge of its 22 member foundations and financial institutions to benefit low-income people and the cities where they live. Living Cities deploys a unique blend of more than $140 million in grants, loans and influence to re-engineer obsolete public systems and connect low-income people and underinvested places to opportunity.
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