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Public Housing Insights from Bloomberg CityLab 2024

In October, hundreds of mayors, urban innovators, academics, activists, and artists from around the world gathered in Mexico City for Bloomberg CityLab 202 ...

BY Isabella Kan & 1 more

Blog Post

01.22.2025
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A Focus on Trust and Collaboration at the 2023 Bloomberg CityLab

Each year at Bloomberg CityLab, hundreds of mayors, city planners, urban innovators, and activists from across the world gather to discuss the most pressin ...

BY News & Events

Blog Post

10.25.2023
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Urban Innovators and Leaders Gather at CityLab to Share Solutions

Bloomberg CityLab, the preeminent global cities summit, was founded on the principle that the most important innovation is happening at the local level and ...

BY Upcoming Events

Blog Post

10.17.2023
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New Federal Actions & Cities

MARCH 16, 2021 - This program explores upcoming federal funding, policy, and regulatory changes that affect cities, how to use these tools for equity, what lessons can be learned from the CARES Act, and how we align federal resources to local inclusion efforts.

BY Urban Innovation & 1 more

Video

03.16.2021
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Procurement & Equity

Local government purchasing, including how a jurisdiction decides what to buy, and how they decide who to buy from, makes a huge difference in how innovative and equitable that government will be.

BY Center for Urban Innovation & 1 more

Blog Post

11.30.2020
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Procurement & Equity

NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - Local governments are big buyers. But for too long, how and with whom our local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities in our country.

BY Urban Innovation & 1 more

Video

11.19.2020
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A Procurement Path to Equity

In the US, state and city governments collectively spend $1.6 trillion per year. But for too long, how and with whom local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities.

BY Center for Urban Innovation & 1 more

Publication

11.19.2020
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Diversity in Urban Tech Procurement

8 recommendations for what city governments can do to increase the number of “smart cities,” “civic tech,” or “urban tech” procurements awarded to companies led by women and people of color.

BY Center for Urban Innovation

Publication

11.19.2020
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How to Fail (Forward)

AUGUST 7, 2020 - This expert panel of city leaders, technologists, and innovators discuss why it is usually so hard to learn from failure in government and what governments and their allies can do about it.

BY Urban Innovation

Video

08.07.2020
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