Sometimes good public sector innovation is simply about helping citizens elevate needs and develop a strategy--and then removing barriers that slow them down.

That's what this latest round of #LoveYourBlock awards aims to achieve. Read more here: The Bloomberg Center for…

Congratulations to Mike Bloomberg for the Presidential Medal of Freedom but also for fostering the transformative role of cities everywhere. Looking forward to continue collaboration Bloomberg Cities

I had the honor to get to know and work with Judy and Dennis Shepard in the months and years after their son's brutal murder. I was always amazed at her willingness to use her pain and grief to open hearts and minds, as she did in this award-winning PSA we produced in 1999:…

Congratulations, Mike Bloomberg, on your Presidential Medal of Freedom. I am reflecting on the hundreds and hundreds of mayors you've mentored, uplifted, and resourced--through tough times and good ones--and the millions of lives made better as a result. Proud to be on your team.

Congratulations to Mike Bloomberg for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden today. It’s the highest civilian honor in U.S, awarded only to those who make especially meritorious contributions to the world peace, or other significant endeavours. Huge Kudos 🙌🏼

#BilbaoMetropoli30 attends the Bloomberg Philanthropies Symposium on the Future of Public Sector #Innovation in Europe.

The symposium is a opportunity to analyze the key challenges and opportunities for European cities in the #design and implementation of innovative solutions.

How can this keep happening, week after week, when our City’s mayor is so focused on rat control? —> 585 Marcy Ave, #Bedstuy #Brooklyn NYC Sanitation City of New York #nyc

There's much-needed experimentation happening around new models of affordable housing in California.

2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winner #LACity --which, uniquely, guaranteed rents--is part of that story. 🏚️🛖🏡

More from Brookings Metro 👇🏼
brookings.edu/articles/can-i…

On Paris streets, even the trash…

#Bristol 's been awarded $50,000 for youth-led climate initiatives, potentially rising to $150,000

Bloomberg Philanthropies’s new Youth Climate Action Fund brings together 100 cities on 6 continents

We're one of only two UK cities selected, after going to #COP28 : bloomberg.org/3JbjVrV

Our Youth Climate Action Fund will provide a springboard for 100 mayors to work with young people to design, produce, and govern local climate solutions – harnessing the hope, determination, and perspectives of youth in cities around the world. bloombg.org/3JbjVrV

It's a story we see play out time and again: ambitious policy...hamstrung delivery.

The take away isn't that government sucks.
It's that we haven't equipped our governments with the capacities they need. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

When Montevideo ran out of water, data provided a lifeline | Bloomberg Cities bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/when-mont…

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

We're looking for innovation directors, civic designers, data specialists and more to help 25 cities reach for the ✨✨✨ on climate & racial wealth equity.

Check out the open roles in Buffalo! Memphis! Oakland! Phila! St Louis! and more 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

publicinnovation.jhu.edu/about/career-o…

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…