This piece is part of the #Built4All Listening series. Read our other pieces on digital and data and building dynamic local economies, and check out our comprehensive overview. An inclusive economy will ensure that all places and future generations benefit from well-maintained public infrastructure. Implicit within this outcome of the Built for All framework is the reality that there … Continued
Published by: City of Oakland OAKLAND –– The City of Oakland welcomes its first cohort of Equitable Recovery FUSE Fellows, a fully-funded partnership with FUSE Corps to bring in executive-level fellows for one-year projects that promote equitable recovery and resilience. The first four FUSE Fellows’ 12-month engagements run through March 2022. The FUSE fellows will be embedded … Continued
Set up 18-month economic recovery centers to coordinate, align, prioritize, and execute local efforts Story originally published in The New Localism. As we look back at one of the worst weeks in U.S. history, with an unprecedented assault on our democratic institutions and processes, cities need to keep an eye on what’s ahead. In the … Continued
Published by: City of Atlanta ATLANTA — Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and FUSE Corps announced that Dr. Karterria Finkley will support the Bottoms’ Administration’s efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Finkley will support the City of Atlanta’s efforts for one year and will help devise a strategic plan in collaboration with other critical public health … Continued
Published by: City of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA (February 2, 2021) The Peduto Administration is partnering with the nonprofit FUSE Corps to host three researchers to work on community-police relations, job opportunities for students, and creating an adult diversion program to help keep residents from entering the criminal justice system. The nonprofit support will build off … Continued
How does a 147 year old institution quickly scale and sustain a culture of leadership and engagement? The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), serving 18 million residents, is the second-largest library system in the U.S. As recently as 2018, there was no shared definition of leadership among LAPL’s 1,100 employees, and only half of employees … Continued
About the author: James Fallows is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and author of the newsletter Breaking the News. He was chief White House speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, and is a co-founder, with his wife, Deborah Fallows, of the Our Towns Civic Foundation. Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. … Continued
Original story published on WWLTV. E. Aminata Brown, a FUSE alum who is serving as New Orleans Police Department’s Chief Innovation Officer, is featured in this news story about creating the department’s bold strategic plan to engage the community in tactics to reduce crime. NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department wants to make … Continued