Cities play a crucial role in moving the needle on the economy through job creation. At a time when the federal and state governments are often hyperpartisan and dysfunctional, its up to local officials to creatively jolt the economy. According to an op-ed on CNN, cities, which concentrate creativity…

The US Initiative Opportunity Challenge in Memphis developed Big Ideas to put talent to work. Among the recommentations was to create and enhance existing dual enrollment programs for high schools. Gateway to College National Network, lead by President Laurel Dukehart, a national expert at the Opportunity Challenge, recently…

The Great Reset, Richard Florida's latest book, takes on the fundamental ways of American life that are no longer sustainable. Namely, he believes (and we agree) that as a country, we went overboard with the push for every American to own a home.

A better balance of rental housing…

In this blog, the insightful Aaron Renn urges us to take a fresh look at our cities to find the opportunity in perceived challenges.

He reminds us that a big part of being competitive is using distinctiveness to advantage.

Aaron asks “Why [in the Midwest] can’t we use…

If you’re interested in a snapshot of resident sentiments in other parts of the world, here’s a survey of Istanbul’s residents, undertaken by Ipsos for the Urban Age City Survey.

According to the study, Istanbul residents’ top three reasons for liking Istanbul are job opportunities, health services and…

With young adults 30 percent more likely to live within 3 miles of central business districts today (up from 10 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1990), access to jobs, educational opportunities, people and ideas, and the fact that new research points to real estate in more walkable neighborhoods…

Two hundred Green Carts have hit the streets of New York to bring fresh produce to the city's low income neighborhoods.

They are first of 1000 new mobile food carts approved for the five boroughs in "food desert" locations without easy access to fresh produce at reasonable prices.  What…

We'll be Live Blogging on this page from the CEOs for Cities Strategy Summit in San Diego next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Check here for live updates, photos and speaker notes.  We also have a tv crew taping the entire meeting for later broadcast.  I look forward to the conversations.

Beginning this month, a local Cleveland grassroots think tank wil run a social marketing campaign to convince kids -- specifically black boys 10-13 years old -- that education pays.

PolicyBridge, the group responsible for the campaign, says its goal is to supplant the anti-education and other negative…