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City Accelerator Initiative Earns National Recognition for Public-Private Partnership
By Kristen Scheyder, Senior Program Officer, Citi Foundation and Elizabeth Reynoso, Associate Director, Living Cities July 13, 2021 02:00 PM When the Citi Foundation and Living Cities launched the City Accelerator in 2014, we envisioned this initiative as an "innovation lab" for cities to create systemic solutions to their most pressing challenges.
Citi Foundation's 40 Community Progress Makers Come Together for Final Convening
By Julie Hodgson, Kristen Scheyder and Daria Sheehan, Citi Foundation Program Officers December 19, 2019 03:00 PM Senior leaders of Community Progress Makers second cohort In November, the Citi Foundation hosted the senior leaders of 40 of the country's most innovative community organizations. The convening, which spanned three days, is part of the Foundation's flagship program â Community Progress Makers.
Community Progress Maker, Mary's Center, Named Top Workplace in D.C
By Maria S. Gomez, President and CEO, Mary's Center and Kristen Scheyder, Senior Program Officer, Citi Foundation July 18, 2019 12:00 AM Mary's Center team, consisting of staff nominated as âshining starsâ by their peers, attend the Washington Post Top Workplaces awards ceremony Mary's Center was recently selected among other large private, public, nonprofit and government agencies in the DC Metro Area as a Top Workplace by the Washington Post.
Spreading Innovation in Equitable Contracting
The newest City Accelerator cohort was announced at the Governing Summit on Performance and Innovation. At the Governing Summit on Performance and Innovation in early June, we had the pleasure of announcing the participants of the newest City Accelerator cohort. Boston Cleveland El Paso Houston Kansas City Minneapolis Nashville Philadelphia Pittsburgh South Bend There are several firsts about this cohort. It’s the first time we have expanded the cohort from three, four or five cities, to 10 cities.
Community Progress Makers Convening: Enabling Progress in Communities across America
By Julie Hodgson, Daria Sheehan and Kristen Scheyder, Citi Foundation Program Officers March 01, 2019 10:45 AM Los Angeles recently played host to the second convening of the Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Fund. Representatives from all 40 Community Progress Makers traveled from across the country to LA to discuss and learn more about the work done in the Fund’s first year to advance economic progress in communities throughout America.
Cultivating the Ecosystem for Homegrown Businesses
The City Accelerator initiative is a collaboration between Governing, the Citi Foundation and Living Cities that aims to speed the adoption of innovative local government projects within and across cities that will have a significant impact on the lives of their residents, especially those with low incomes. Where businesses open their doors and choose to grow really matters — such decisions can literally shift employment levels and total spending in a region.
Five Cities That are Buying into Equity
More and more cities are prioritizing procurement reform — and for good reason. Perhaps no other system is capable of producing such positive, local economic value. At a time when big businesses are shedding jobs and over 60 percent of net new job growth is coming from small businesses, cities can leverage their procurement spending, estimated at $1.6 trillion annually in the U.S., to support local, small business.
Introducing the City Accelerator’s Third Cohort
March 17, 2016 11:45 AM By Kristen Scheyder, Senior Program Officer, Citi Foundation, and Steven Bosacker, Director of Public Sector Innovation, Living Cities They want to fortify, scale, and sustain. From seawalls to stairs, streetlights to stormwater, Pittsburgh, Saint Paul, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. are setting ambitious targets as they join the City Accelerator’s Infrastructure Finance cohort.
Introducing the City Accelerator's Third Cohort
We chose the four cities because they correlate their success on closing budget gaps in their capital plans to expanded physical and economic mobility, reactivated land for affordable housing and jobs, and increased public safety. In short, they want to make their cities a better place for all residents.
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