@mayorsinnovation.bsky.social
National peer-learning network for mayors & their trusted advisors. We help put cities on the high road of equity, sustainability & democracy. Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This month, we wrapped up our 2025 Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety🚲🚶 in partnership with
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social & @aarp.org.
Congratulations🥳 to the 12 mayors who participated. We're proud of their work and grateful for their commitment to expanding street safety!
Our latest Member City Spotlight features @cityofmadison.bsky.social's Complete Green Streets Program🚲🚶. Check it out to hear from Mayor @satyaformadison.bsky.social on how the program is streamlining street improvement efforts and how the City has overcome challenges to implementation 👇
10.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📢US Mayors📢 you're invited to our Winter Meeting, taking place Jan. 30 - 31 2026 in DC!
Join us for two days of networking and policy sessions💡 designed to send you home with fresh ideas and new connections to support you and your city.
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/MIPW26
Faith-based organizations play an essential role in supporting communities—providing meals, emergency shelter, afterschool care, and more.
Join us Oct 15 @ 12pm CT for a webinar on strategies to activate the faith ecosystem in your community 👇
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📣Deadline extended! Cities now have until this Friday, September 19th📅 to apply for our Regulatory Justice Initiative!
Don't miss out on this opportunity to make it cheaper, faster, and simpler to start and grow a small business in your community.
It's #WelcomingWeek 🎉, a celebration of the work in communities to become welcoming places for all, including immigrants! Check out our latest feature on the origins of the week and how the City of Bend, under the leadership of Mayor @melaniekebler.bsky.social,
is celebrating! 👇
The Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity cohort will offer five cities the opportunity to engage in a peer learning cohort with technical support, analysis, and expertise from Cities Work. Learn more and apply today ➡️ lnkd.in/gxNtasKN
14.08.2025 17:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣Calling all Cities!📣
MIP is proud to partner with Cities Work to offer a new cohort opportunity for city leaders: The Regulatory Justice Initiative!
Check out our guest blog from
@paigecognetti.bsky.social
on how she's working to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive through initiates like summer meals proclamations and participation in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger➡️bit.ly/4kQEXMG
Summer months often mean the absence of reliable childcare and can lead to "summer slide"—a decline in academic skills, limited access to nutritious meals, and reduced opportunities for social-emotional growth.
21.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
June is #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth, a time to acknowledge the impacts of gun violence on communities and to highlight local solutions.
This month, we're sharing our latest paper on investing in police-community relations to advance public safety ➡️ bit.ly/3Tff268
The Mayors Innovation Project wishes you and your community a safe and happy #Juneteenth!
To celebrate, we're honoring MIP member, Mayor Ben Holbert and sharing how under his leadership, Juneteenth festivities have grown in Woodmere, OH! 👇
We're excited to announce that Libby Schaaf, the former mayor of Oakland, CA, will deliver the keynote address at our Summer Meeting in Albuquerque, NM!
Learn more and register ➡️ bit.ly/MIP-S25
In May 2022, we launched our "May is for Mayoral Safety" campaign to raise awareness of the rise in threats and harassment of US mayors. Today, we're releasing an updated version of our Security and Privacy Checklist for mayors.
Check it out ➡️ mayorsinnovation.org/our-work/may...
📢Calling all mayors!📢
We're just 2 months away from our Summer Meeting. Please join us, 7/30 - 8/1 in Albuquerque for a conference experience you won’t want to miss! Stay tuned for meeting updates and register here:
May is #SmallBusinessMonth!
Check out our recent guest blog to hear from Next Street's @michaelrothnj.bsky.social on a critical, but often undervalued, key for the success of small businesses: government urgency 👇 mayorsinnovation.org/2025/05/19/g...
Resilient infrastructure is the backbone of strong communities. As we reflect on #infrastructureweek, check out our blog w/ @innovativedot.bsky.social on how smart investments and responsible planning policies can support safer, more sustainable futures: bit.ly/45k36ah
20.05.2025 13:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
To celebrate #InfrastructureWeek, we're bringing you a blog from one of our sponsors, @trustforpublicland.bsky.social! Check it out to learn how public parks🌳 drive economic growth and support public health and climate resilience ➡️ bit.ly/3RZUpdB
13.05.2025 21:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Check out our 2024 Year in Review💡 to learn about the projects, innovative policies and programs, and meaningful partnerships that contributed to our impact last year ➡️ bit.ly/42CZr4H.
Thank you for building this network with us, your support enables us to help put more cities on the #highroad!
We are thrilled to announce the third cohort of the Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety! This year, supported by AARP Livable Communities and @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social, 12 mayors were selected through a national competitive application process to join the cohort.
Learn more: bit.ly/4jD47hV
Our latest Good Ideas for Cities💡 explores how cities across the country are increasing housing supply, rehabilitating dilapidated and vacant homes, and fighting gentrification. Check it out➡️ mayorsinnovation.org/2025/04/03/good-ideas-for-cities-4-key-strategies-to-alleviate-the-housing-crisis/
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📣Registration is open for our 2025 Summer Meeting!
Join us and our host, Mayor Tim Keller, in beautiful Albuquerque, NM July 30 - August 1 for a conference experience you won’t want to miss! Stay tuned for meeting updates and register here ➡️ bit.ly/MIP-S25
Our Winter 2025 Innovation Showcase offered great ideas💡 for mayors to take home to their cities, from water affordability to zoning reform to new ways to inform and engage! Check out a recap to learn more and start implementing → bit.ly/4l1GroE
19.03.2025 19:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wealth inequality in the US has reached unprecedented levels, leaving millions struggling. At our Winter Meeting, our Advancing Local Wealth and Opportunity panel shared strategies to advance local wealth and opportunity.
Check out the recap here: bit.ly/4io2lQW
Happy Women's History Month!
In celebration, we're honored to feature two history makers in our network: Mayor Kate Colin & Mayor Donya L. Sartor. Hear what being the first means to them and how they're supporting women and girls in their communities: bit.ly/43papfT
📢There's just one week left to apply for our Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety! 📢
Learn more and apply by Friday, February 28th: bit.ly/MIPS2025
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
These proposals include reducing setback requirements for certain projects, increasing the allowable size of Accessory Dwelling Units and easing the approval process to demolish non-historic buildings. We're just trying to make it easier to build all types of housing.
09.02.2025 22:20 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
To hear more good ideas like this, apply to to our 2025 Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety (MIPS) cohort!
Applications are due Friday, February 28th! bit.ly/MIPS2025 🚲🚶
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
Check out our latest Member City Spotlight 💡 where Mayor @dpangallo.bsky.social shares how Salem, MA's Traffic Calming Priority Tool has helped the City improve decision making, build trust, and bring safety projects to the neighborhoods that need them the most. 👨🦽🚲🚶
14.02.2025 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Climate resilience is critical—and increasingly complicated for cities to fund, implement, and manage.
Read the recap of our panel on the data, financing, and leadership tools mayors need to plan for and implement flood resilient infrastructure ➡️ bit.ly/4hN0F3i
