This June, that pattern was broken with the release of America’s New Playbook for Infrastructure from the New Partnership on Infrastructure, which contains 26 proposals to enhance the country’s built environment. The playbook is a months-long effort—led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s group Accelerator for America—which involved interviewing dozens of mayors and experts in the field of infrastructure.
Read MoreWith the Black Lives Matter protests sparking new dialogue about race relations within the United States, more corporations have been forming new initiatives to end long-standing racial discrimination across different sectors. This week, Mastercard has unveiled its new commitment toward the racial wealth gap within the Black community with a $500 million investment over the next five years.
Read MoreThe virus brought about sudden changes to the way cities do business, some of which could stick. Local government leaders discussed this and other ways cities might transform during the final day of Route Fifty's Future Cities event.
Read MoreIt is to be noted that collaboration forms the crux of the City Possible network, where members work closely with each other for promoting sustainable urban development.
The latest move clearly highlights Mastercard’s efforts to expand the reach of its City Possible network, which along with Accelerator for America has enabled Usio to engage in accelerated deployment of its innovative prepaid card solutions to several organizations across the United States.
Read More“Salt Lake City is committed to dedicating as much as we can to efforts that benefit families still struggling from job loss or income instability -- especially those who have yet to receive federal stimulus dollars,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall, stated in a press release.
Read MoreA new fundraising effort to help Salt Lake City residents impacted by the virus was announced by Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Wednesday. She hopes the Raise Up Salt Lake City campaign will net $1 million.
Read MoreDelivering over $36 million in economic assistance to help more than 100,000 Los Angeles residents in record time was only possible because of technical solutions implemented by Apex IT.
Read MoreOur businesses thrive when the world thrives and fail when a system fails too many. We don't 'do well' for one set of stakeholders and ''do good' for another – we do well by doing good. The choice is less between shareholders and other stakeholders. It is more between actions that create value in the short-term and those that deliver over the long-term.
Read MoreThe Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a philanthropic organization that is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised more than $56 million to help about 105,000 Angelenos with direct financial assistance, it was announced Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Read MoreStates and localities will need the full range of tools to recover economically. That calls for federal policies that tap infrastructure-building's power to boost local jobs and small-business growth.
La Paz helped 175 families with its Latinx Relief Fund, providing one-time $500 payments to families, especially those who may not be eligible for other relief programs. This week, the city of Chattanooga received a $50,000 grant through Accelerator for America to continue the fund.
Read MoreThe City of Chattanooga was awarded a $50,000 grant from the non-profit Accelerator for America to help provide financial assistance to residents whose livelihoods have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreMayors from across the country called for a restructuring of infrastructure investment that would stimulate the economy and create thousands of good jobs. Called “America’s new Playbook on Infrastructure,” the book goes beyond the call for investment into infrastructure and urges the federal government to overhaul how infrastructure is financed.
Read MoreA consortium of U.S. mayors has released a playbook with 18 recommendations to overhaul how the federal government funds infrastructure and partners with localities. Some of the recommendations the New Partnership on Infrastructure released Tuesday would refine programs created during the Obama administration, while others would create new financial tools to help cities tackle the national backlog of infrastructure projects.
Read MoreExpedited yet responsible environmental reviews, a federal-level public-private partnership program, and targeted state-of-good-repair projects in underserved communities are among the 26 recommendations to Congress outlined in an infrastructure playbook released June 23 by the non-profit group Accelerator for America.
Read MoreThe New Partnership on Infrastructure coalition released its "America's New Playbook for Infrastructure" on Tuesday, calling for equitable and resilient infrastructure developments as the United States looks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreThe nonprofit Accelerator for America announced it will aid 10 U.S. states and cities with a $750,000 grant from the Open Society Foundations, providing technical help and $50,000 in funding for each community to deploy a large-scale financial assistance program.
Read MoreWhile the pandemic slowed the workday for many in the commercial real estate industry, it made Dr. Suzet McKinney’s busier than ever. As CEO of the Illinois Medical District, an independent agency empowered to make zoning decisions, hire builders and select tenants within 560 acres on Chicago's Near West Side, she’s making plans to transform it into a life sciences cluster and jobs engine.
Read MoreThe city will benefit from an Accelerator for America grant to help people who have taken financial blows during the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Greg Fischer’s office said. The $50,000 grant will add to the assistance provided through the One Louisville COVID-19 Response Fund, which provides financial relief to eligible people.
Read More‘America's New Playbook for Infrastructure' released at the online New Partnership for Infrastructure Forum, offering recommendations 'uniquely informed by interviews with mayors and appointed officials on the frontlines', and calling for an 'overhaul of how infrastructure is financed by the federal government to empower and incentivize local government infrastructure investment'.
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