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Baltimore: Academy for Sub Contractors
The city of Baltimore is a finalist for this year’s City Accelerator project, which is focused on helping cities promote economic equity.
The Transformation from Convict to Councilwoman
The story of Demetrus Coonrod reinforces the efforts of Baltimore to engage citizens returning from incarceration.
Accelerate This: Helping Citizens Successfully Re-enter Their Communities After Prison
How They Did It: Baltimore
Tearing Down the 'Town and Gown' Divide
Relationships with academia are important in Baltimore's and Atlanta's City Accelerator programs.
Civic Technology and the Pursuit of Happiness
Government's work should not end with making happy customers. That's where it should begin.
Change in Local Government: Moving Beyond Good Intentions
Programs to help the poor mean nothing if they don't work.
Rewriting the Rules of Public Engagement
Public meetings can be like purgatory. Cities are showing us there’s a better way.
A Philanthropic Nudge for Civic Innovation
Cities are doing it for themselves but not by themselves.
Crisis Meets Opportunity in Baltimore
Looking to curb violence, city leaders are charting a path for incarcerated people to successfully re-enter society.
Improving Public Engagement: 5 Cities Get to Work
The communities of Cohort II of the City Accelerator convene in Baltimore to share updates of their respective initiatives.
Haunted by the Eternal Digital Record
The court of public opinion is ever-more swift and damning.
And Divided We Fall
To prosper, cities must address their neighborhoods of neglect -- where poverty, unemployment and failing education is the status quo.
A Year in the Life of the City Accelerator
It's time for a recap and review of this philanthropic, collaborative startup that has put down roots in eight cities so far.
Bringing Back ‘Baltimore is Best!'
No stranger to hard times, Baltimore looks to new ideas to rise from the ashes.
Historic Cities Rally to Become Centers of Innovation
Watch and review cities’ plans to inspire citizen participation.
Reinvigorating Local Democracy
The City Accelerator is helping cities engage residents for better results.
Reducing Crime by Easing Transition from Incarceration to Community in Baltimore
The city of Baltimore, a finalist in the second round of the City Accelerator, is focused on more effective engagement of people leaving incarceration and their families.