Entries tagged with Urban Agenda
Hoping for a Boost from Obama
November 21, 2008
"How do we recapture the value of the investments we've already made?"
If ever there were a time in the life of this nation to ask that question, it is now. And if asked in a public sense, the answer leads inevitably to the need to re-focus on cities.
Urban Agenda Relaunch
August 25, 2008
Watch today for the relaunch of Barack Obama's "urban agenda," documented in a 32-page blueprint. According to today's Wall Street Journal, the plan features an increase in the minimum hourly wage, a new White House office focused on metropolitan areas and $60 billion to establish a national bank to…
The First Urban Ticket?
August 24, 2008
As a big city mayor, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley pronounced himself pleased with the new Democratic ticket. As he told the Chicago Tribune, "It could be the first time in a long time that we had the top two officials coming from an urban environment and I'm not just…
Update from the White House
December 16, 2009
CEOs for Cities partners were recently briefed by the White House Director of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrion and Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs Derek Douglas during a special conference call.
Carrion, who was a surprise guest on the call, gave an overview of how the Office of…
Two days after the Presidential election, CEOs for Cities will convene in Chicago for a special one-day meeting to challenge the President-elect and his transition team to establish a new era of cooperation between the Federal government and America's cities.
At a national press conference during the Nov.…