Phoenix, AZ, is a modern city making key investments in computer chip manufacturing and electric and autonomous vehicles. The city has ensured its workforce is ready to fill these high-tech…
District one of just four cities chosen to begin study visit on public/private program supporting excellence in land use by local governments WASHINGTON — February 28, 2017 —The Rose Center for Public…
https://www.nlc.org/news-insights/citiesspeak-podcast/
Each episode of NLC’s podcast, CitiesSpeak with Clarence Anthony, dives into a critical issue facing local leaders today, featuring conversations with elected leaders and policy experts from across the country. The podcast is…
https://www.nlc.org/resource/cities-101-types-of-local-governments/
Background Through their constitutions or laws, all states establish mechanisms by which local governments are created. Some are created by direct state action – through a charter, for example. However,…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2020/02/06/austins-strategy-to-bring-back-middle-skill-jobs/
At City Summit 2018, 50 cities committed to new initiatives to support their innovation economies. NLC’s City Innovation Ecosystems program collects and tracks these commitments in order to showcase successes, identify…
Housing instability plagued many Americans long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the global health crisis has recently pushed it to the forefront of many policymakers’ minds as more families are…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2020/07/09/embedding-racial-equity-in-housing/
Racial inequities have been embedded in housing long before COVID-19. Redlining, racialized zoning, segregation, predatory lending, urban renewal and exclusions in the New Deal and the G.I. Bill are examples…
https://www.nlc.org/article/2020/09/30/a-more-equitable-and-just-recovery-with-employee-ownership/
As 2020 year-end comes into focus, small businesses are running out of options. By December, a meaningful segment of business owners is likely to seek a way out, resulting in…
Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the travel and tourism industries. Restaurants were forced to close, limiting cash-flow where many were already subsisting on razor-thin margins, leaving them…
https://www.nlc.org/events/digital-equity-2022-webinar-series/
Join NLC and guest experts for this virtual series to get up to sped on what your city needs to know to improve digital equity, make investments in broadband infrastructure…