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Zach Patton

Executive Editor

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism for his GOVERNING story on economic cutbacks in Colorado Springs. He has served as an editor since 2010, and as Executive Editor since 2012.

Washington, D.C.'s innovative Office of Public-Private Partnerships offers a good case study in to assess whether a P3 makes sense for a particular city project.
With more than a dozen different ways to structure a public-private partnership, figuring out the most appropriate one for a given project can be hard. Here's a list of what's out there.
Public-private partnerships aren't free money. But they can be used to improve performance.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
Photos and musings from our photographer David Kidd.
The city hopes to involve minority firms in a big way -- but there are major hurdles it must first overcome.