James Anderson
@JamesAnderson
Lead for Bloomberg Philanthropies' public sector innovation programs | dad of twins | swimmer | New School economics | Brooklyn | 🏳️🌈
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12-07-2009 14:36:04
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We're looking for local government leadership...yet we know many are ill equipped to dream and deliver bigger than ever before.
Very excited for this partnership with UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and new work to measure & build critical skills in municipalities globally. ⬇️
I was Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s comms director back in 2007 when he first called for #congestionpricing .
It’s been a New York minute—roughly 17 years—but its amazing to see NYC on the precipice of doing something big and hard and good.
nytimes.com/2024/03/27/nyr…… #TimeToLead
This kind of city ambition should make us all a little uncomfortable with the incrementalism that too often passes for good enough in cities.
Big gains require mayors, like Adanech Abiebie, who organize around bold ideas, evidence, talent, and delivery. bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/addis-aba…
Proud to support City of Rochester MN in testing innovative ways to expand opportunity for women of color in the high paying, fast growing construction sector.
If one city can figure this out, many, many others will follow.
25 cities brought us their biggest ideas to proactively build resilient communities.
We're supporting them with innovation teams, policy support, and help tapping federal $$ to reach for the stars, with & for community. Let's go PolicyLink, NRDC 🌎🏡, Delivery Associates, The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU!
'If we can reconnect communities, we can begin to unite a nation.' - #Lansing Mayor Andy Schor
Bloomberg Philanthropies's Local #Infrastructure Hub partnership is helping mayors like these bring critical fed $$ home. freep.com/story/opinion/…
#SOTU2024
This is how we get the skeptical to think anew about government.
ROCKfolio! Brilliant & clever work from Little Rock's Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. and the data team lead by Marquis Willis.
Cities are flexing their new procurement power
bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/cities-ar… via Bloomberg Cities
Pleased to support your team and city, Mayor Віталій Кличко.
Public innovation improves lives. And in wartime, it save lives. When city leaders recognize that they can't take innovation for granted, Bloomberg Philanthropies is all in.