Taubman Center for State & Local Government

How does a city support small businesses in a time a crisis? Taubman Center for State & Local Government Executive Director Rafael Carbonell joined Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox on a panel chaired by Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz this past weekend at the United States Conference of Mayors 2024 Annual Meeting. Thank you to Mayor Kautz for leading an important discussion on how to partner with small businesses to help members of the community and the economy.

We're excited to see our work on community-based indicators of public safety with the City of Saint Paul and World Youth Connect covered in this new article. After conducting interviews and focus groups with 50 young people, we developed a set of measurable indicators that city leaders can test to see whether their actions are contributing to people feeling safer in their community.   “We developed these ‘aspirational’ safety indicators, rooted in youth lived experience, to signal clearly to the local government what truly matters to local youths and what needs to change to create a safer community.” —Damonique Sonnier, GPL Government Innovation Fellow    Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/ezgxBdjX

Last week we hosted leaders from 16 U.S. cities for Leading City Procurement Reform, an intensive week of learning and connection with HKS Government Performance Lab at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies. Attendees further developed leadership skills in #collaboration, #negotiation, stakeholder relationships, and more. Learning from program materials and each other, participants are working to make procurement more innovative, results-driven, and equitable, driving positive change for communities. #leadership #cities #procurement #innovation #equity City of Atlanta, GA City of Cleveland - City Hall, OH Columbia, SC City of Dearborn, MI City of Mount Vernon, NY City of New Bedford, MA City of New Haven, CT City of Pittsburgh, PA City of Riverside, CA Salt Lake City Corporation, UT City of San Antonio, TX The City of San Diego, CA City of Savannah, GA City of Scottsdale, AZ City of Stamford, CT Washington, D.C.

These past few weeks have been a blur…but they sure have been exciting!! Still feeling blessed to have had the opportunity to spend a few days and speak with some incredibly brilliant Harvard Kennedy School Taubman Center for State and Local Government students along with Greg LeRoy a few weeks back. It’s one thing to talk about economic development policy, but it’s a whole other conversation once you talk about the implementation of that policy. With what can be at times two very different opinions about how economic development should be executed, we were able to show the students that in the end, we are all working toward the same larger goal - which boils down to maintaining and creating good jobs for our constituents - period. A huge thank you for the introduction Rodrick Miller and forever grateful for the honor Rafael Carbonell and Lara Gale - you are doing amazing things for our next generation of economic leaders and I’m here to support you in your efforts through and through!! 🇺🇸🙏 Adams and Reese LLP Good Jobs First Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education #harvardkennedyschool #taubmancenter #econdev #economicdevelopment #jobs

Tomorrow! Join us for the 23rd annual Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies John T. Dunlop Lecture, The Toxic Problem of Poverty + Housing Costs: Lessons from New Landmark Research About Homelessness, featuring Margot Kushel MD, the Director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative.   Register to attend in person March 21, 2024, at 6:30 pm. at 48 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, or view the online livestream (no advance registration necessary) here: https://lnkd.in/eRm3uiBS

We are so excited to take part in this important discussion with Harvard's Growth Lab and to welcome Chris Gibbons back to campus! Looking forward to Lara Gale moderating, and the great insights to come from it.

At the Taubman Center for State & Local Government and Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston we are proud to support our Field Learning Labs. They are a highlight for our students, faculty and staff. Learn more about how students and Professor Justin de Benedictis-Kessner are helping local leaders and the City of Boston.

It was a very busy year for Taubman's HKS Government Performance Lab! Read more about how we support state and local governments throughout the country in 2023.

Ever wonder how cars, trucks and SUVs got so large? Visiting Fellow David Zipper explores the evolution of modern automobile design and its repercussions on American roads. https://lnkd.in/e3EkswdD