With downtowns reviving, the next challenge for cities will be to turn around declining neighborhoods. The playbook hasn’t been written yet, but we know who will be its authors: the residents.
What Smart Mayors Can Learn from the Turnaround of Central Park
The rescue of one of America’s greatest urban parks holds important lessons for local government officials everywhere about working with nonprofit partners, patience, and trading power for results.
How Citizen Engagement Could Save State Politics
And why it ought to be done, year in and year out, by a political party. That’s right. A political party.
What Government Is Good At
Governments tend to be good at fairness, scale, and steadfastness. What they’re not so good at is innovation. This is one reason we need collaboration.
A Beginner’s Guide to Facilitation
If you can bring groups to good decisions, you can place yourself at the center of what cities need today, which is more collaboration. Here are some starting points for facilitators.