Mayors Challenge
Mayors Challenge
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge encourages cities to generate bold new ideas that solve urban challenges and improve city life – and have the potential to spread.
Can Well-Being Define What Government Does?
September 21, 2017 Performance Management This post originally appeared on Stephen Goldsmith's Better Faster Cheaper blog on Governing.com. One of the most important questions a local-government official can ask is "why?" Government typically does today...
Engaging Entrepreneurs to Solve Urban Problems
April 11, 2016 Mayors Challenge This post originally appeared on Stephen Goldsmith's Better Faster Cheaper blog on Governing.com. Too often, innovative ideas in the public sector never see the light of day due to regulations and oversight designed for a...
Chicago Launches OpenGrid to Democratize Open Data
Janaury 20, 2016 Open Data How well do you know your city? Your neighborhood? Even your block? When it comes to public information, it’s a simple question without a simple answer. Even with open data portals available in most major cities, it can be a...
How a Good Idea Can Survive a Mayoral Transition
October 23, 2015 Mayors Challenge This post originally appeared on Stephen Goldsmith's Better Faster Cheaper blog on Governing.com. The moment that a new mayor takes office is often the moment that promising initiatives meet their demise. Changes in...
The Mayors Challenge
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