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Cities and metropolitan areas are currently protagonists in addressing climate change, energy transitions, rising xenophobia and increases in populism. However, how well they can lead these social transformations will depend on if their own communities are inclusive and equitable.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concentration of wealth and geographical inequality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The United States has just under four hundred metropolitan areas, however wealth and innovation is primarily concentrated in only several metro areas around the country. Sitting on a panel,\u00a0Bruce Katz<\/strong>\u00a0(The New Localism<\/a>) articulated that since the financialisation of the economy in the 1980s, cities across the United States have sent their wealth away to California, New York and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This concentration of wealth has resulted in an agglomeration of innovation and geographic inequality. The trend of losing local resources and wealth makes it difficult to build cities across the country that can support opportunities for all its inhabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to talk about data driven analysis to<\/em>\u00a0shift trillions of dollars of capital back into the heartland<\/strong><\/p>Bruce Katz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Which metrics can determine a city\u2019s success?\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During interactive sessions, urban policy experts and mayors debated how to determine a successful city.\u00a0Amy Liu<\/strong>\u00a0from the\u00a0Brookings Institution<\/a>\u00a0argued that using job creation as a metric is not sufficient. A more\u00a0nuanced analysis<\/strong>\u00a0is needed that takes into account if a city has jobs available for a range of workers, and if those jobs pay living wages or provide benefits. Another worrisome employment trend for participants is the increase of contract jobs, which often do not provide sufficient job security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This conference was part of the transatlantic dialogue series\u00a0New Urban Progress<\/a>, which aims to strengthen transatlantic relations through exchanges on the future of cities and metropolitan areas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayors fighting for equitable cities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The panel of mayors advocated for increasing\u00a0access to trade<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0certificate programs<\/strong>\u00a0in order to benefit a wide range of members in their communities. Concrete policies such as universal pre-school and policies that allow women to work were repeated by several of the mayors. Many were concerned on how to guarantee that new policy and developments would benefit long-term local residents and citizens without a four-year degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eHow\u00a0<\/em>compassionate<\/strong>\u00a0can your\u00a0<\/em>city<\/strong>\u00a0be?<\/em>\u201c<\/p>Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mayor Bill Peduto of Pittsburgh<\/strong> detailed his \u201cFour P\u201d<\/strong> metric that the city uses before giving out grants. Each grant must include details on the people, plan, place, and performance. All four elements need to be included in the grant application to ensure that the project is in the interest of the city and its inhabitants as a whole. The mayors were optimistic that they can lead cities to a more fair future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cities are\u00a0<\/em>small<\/strong>\u00a0and you can get things done. Implementing comes down to who are the\u00a0<\/em>critical partners<\/strong>\u00a0to help target the audience.<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>Mayor Bill Peduto<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Cities are networks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The experts and mayors discussed the various sectors and actors that together can comprise and how cities<\/strong> are best understood as networks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan Absher<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0Kauffman Foundation<\/a>\u00a0advocated for networks over a one-size-fits-all model: \u201cWe need to be thinking on a Facebook scale, not a Walmart scale\u201d. Many participants stated that cities running under networked governance models are able to initiate and finance necessary innovations. They highlighted that good partnerships are at the core of city networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the event \u201cGoing Local: A Transatlantic Perspective\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Das Progressive Zentrum<\/a>, along with the\u00a0Progressive Policy Institute<\/a>, and the\u00a0Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft<\/a>\u00a0organised the conference \u201cGoing Local: A Transatlantic Perspective\u201d in\u00a0Washington D.C.<\/strong>, on\u00a0Tuesday March 10th<\/strong>, as part of the exploratory phase of their project\u00a0New Urban Progress<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mayors of Rochester, Richmond, Pittsburgh, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the mayor of Denver, along with urban policy experts Bruce Katz and Amy Liu contributed to the event. The goal of the conference was to debate and identify pressing challenges and solutions to creating equitable cities across the United States. A mirroring event will take place in Germany later in 2020. The results of the two conferences will serve as a comparative foundation for the transatlantic dialogue project New Urban Progress. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Urban Progress<\/strong> is a transatlantic dialogue on the future of cities and metropolitan areas. The project brings actors from both sides of the Atlantic together to work on making urban areas more networked, innovative and fair. As part of its exploratory phase, New Urban Progress is examining the main challenges for urban areas in the United States and Germany. These results will then serve as the foundation for the project\u2019s dialogue between its fellows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The project is supported by the\u00a0Transatlantic Program<\/strong>\u00a0of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Das Progressive Zentrum, Diego was a Project Manager and primarily coordinated the annual Progressive Governance Summit and the New Urban Progress transatlantic dialogue. Diego is also currently the Get-Out-the-Vote Coordinator for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Democrats Abroad. Before that role he was Chair of Democrats Abroad Berlin and also a Bernie Sanders Delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.<\/div><\/div>
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