living for the city
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Building a New Urban Practice Ben Hecht, Living Cities
“What we are seeing is public, private, philanthropic and non-‐profit sectors coming together in new ways to take on our most wicked problems, and holding themselves accountable for large-‐scale results.”
The Essentials City Accelerator
ü $3 Million 3 Year Philanthropic Effort ü 3 Cohorts, each running 18 months ü Structured to provide ongoing technical and other support around topics of each
cohort § Cohort 1: Building a Culture and PracLce of InnovaLon (Launched September 2014 with Nigel Jacob) § Cohort 2: Civic Engagement (Launched May 2015 with Eric Gordon) § Cohort 3: TBD
ü ApplicaLon process prompts ciLes to start working in more creaLve ways ü Gatherings focus on shared learnings across the cohort ciLes ü Coaching, technical assistance and implementaLon resources help city’s design
experiments, develop models, and build innovaLon muscle ü Results in Municipal Guidebooks to help spread ideas that maVer and work
Eligibility PMI
Albuquerque Atlanta AusLn BalLmore Boston CharloVe Chicago Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso
Fort Worth Fresno Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City, MO Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans
Candidates drawn from member ci1es of the Project on Municipal Innova1on
New York City Newark Oklahoma City Orange County, FL Philadelphia Phoenix PiVsburgh Portland Providence Sacramento San Antonio San Diego San Francisco
San Jose SeaVle St. Paul, MN Washington DC
Philanthropy’s Role in the New Civics Governing
“So far, Bloomberg’s grants to ciLes haven’t stoked … fears about an interloping billionaire meddling where he’s not wanted. It’s hard to pin an ideological or parLsan label on them because they aren’t Led to any policy outcome in parLcular.”
Still at the Beginning of Something Big
Paul W. Taylor
@pwtaylor [email protected]
Chief Content Officer
PresentaLon available at www.pwt.net/speaking