Urban Innovation

Never before has it been more important for our local governments to get public procurement right. How our local governments respond to the current crisis will lay the foundation for more equitable communities in the recovery to come.

Every day there’s a new story about the challenges that municipal governments face with procurement due to COVID-19.

Density is more important than ever, but, in a time of pandemic it leaves city economies and city residents vulnerable. How do cities—governments, residents, businesses, civic groups—learn to practice safe density?

Sidewalk Labs is building a prototype for the urban future on Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront. This project asks us to re-think relationships between governments, the private sector, and residents. Dan Doctoroff, Founder and CEO, Sidewalk Labs joins Jennifer Bradley, Executive Director, Center for Urban Innovation, The Aspen Institute at CityLab Detroit.

“How are cities changing, and who benefits, and how can we make sure that the most people benefit, and how do we make sure the city is inclusive for as many people as possible, is the issue we are all going to be faced with increasingly in the future.”

This interview with Karin Brandt, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, coUrbanize, is the twenty-second and final interview in the Center for Urban Innovation's Listening to Inclusive Innovators interview series.

This interview with Nick DeMonner and Maggie Henry of Seneca Systems is the twenty-first in the Center for Urban Innovation's Listening to Inclusive Innovators series.

This interview with Maria Hadden, Executive Director, Our City Our Voice, is the twentieth in the Center for Urban Innovation's Listening to Inclusive Innovators series.

This interview with Josh Carpenter, Director of Innovation and Economic Opportunity, City of Birmingham, is the nineteenth in the Center for Urban Innovation's Listening to Inclusive Innovators series.