Not only do arterial, local streets designed for speed cause more fatal crashes, they are also bad for local small businesses - ask yourself where your favorite local businesses are - they’re not on 45 mph “local” streets! Smart Growth America Strong Towns National Complete Streets Coalition

Thanks for the interview Lauren Gilger, that was a lot of fun! #downtownmesa #kjzzphoenix

Been to Mesa lately? Lauren Gilger talks with Augie Gastelum about how he's dedicated his life to the revitalization of City of Mesa, Arizona downtown. bit.ly/334Omt4

LISC wants to hear from you! Community partners, leaders and residents, please highlight the issues that matter most to you in our #localpolicy survey. x.com/lisc_policy/st…

Happy Lunar New Year! Hope your day is filled with joy, and of course, FOOD. 📸 Proof Bread #yearoftherat

Great lineup for the Planning For A Resilient Community conference today! Thanks San Francisco Fed for putting this on!

Just learned that City of Phoenix, AZ is the newest member of C40 Cities. Thanks for the info Joshua Alpert, really interesting to learn about this project. Looking forward to learn more.

One of the reasons industries are so short on cash right now is that they have spent billions buying back their own stocks instead of investing in their workers and saving for a rainy day. That needs to be addressed NOW.

Americans urgently need cash to meet immediate needs, that’s been my goal from the start. The current bill has promise but it shouldn’t give lower earners smaller checks —that’s directly contrary to my proposal. We need to fix this to ensure lower earners get equal payments.

**IMPORTANT UPDATE** Our Help Yourself program is moving to the Mesa Convention Center for a drive-thru style food distribution this Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. Learn more: mailchi.mp/unitedfoodbank…

$2.5 million from @verizon is making it possible for Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to begin offering critical relief and resiliency-building support to small businesses facing immediate financial threat because of the COVID-19 pandemic. lisc.org/our-stories/st…

“For me, the campaign is personal,” says AZ conservative Emily Romney Sanchez, whose family had COVID and “friends have died.” “For [POTUS to dismiss COVID] as no big deal or… it’s more than offensive. It enrages me,” says her husband. cbsn.ws/35SkK4J

For 20 years, Florence and Gibson have proudly provided cultural goods from across Africa in their market. The shop hit a rough patch during the pandemic, but with help from LISC, U.S. Bank + RAILcdc, they're more resilient and ready to expand! lisc.org/our-stories/st… #shopsmall

We're sad to see @ADonovanLISC leave LISC but excited for her to join one of our longstanding local partners, RDF.

Thank you Mayor Corey Woods for being a leader in this housing crisis that we’re in. I hope other cities follow in your footsteps. Mayor John Giles Jenn Duff In Mesa, we (The taxpayers) own so much land that we can do this without having to buy new properties. Let’s do this!

Explore how to advance racial equity & #EconomicInclusion to ensure all prosper at #PolicySummit2023 w/Hanna Love (Brookings Metro), Augie Gastelum (Patchwork Community Inclusion), Nelima Sitati Munene (ACER inc), & Larry Hiscock (Lead Change Together). clefed.org/PS2023