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
Ben 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.
A new inclusive procurement cohort creates opportunity for 10 cities to learn from trail blazers who came before
A new guide to equitable procurement allows cities to build on field-tested ideas.
City Accelerator - Promoting Local Government Innovations
What innovations could help you nurture home-grown business and minority-owned companies? City Accelerator can help you find out.
A new guide for financing infrastructure allows cities to build on field-tested ideas.
In the City Accelerator's new Cohort IV, cities will use innovation to increase procurement and economic opportunity.
New resources available for cities that aim to develop and kick-start a robust public engagement strategy.
In the City Accelerator's new Cohort III, cities will disrupt old ways of planning, prioritizing and budgeting for infrastructure projects.
Through the City Accelerator, Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., and Philadelphia are adapting how they do business in order to produce materially different results.
America’s cities must ensure that people are prepared for 21st century employment opportunities, that the places they live connect them to those opportunities, and that sufficient jobs are created so their income can grow.