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I'm leading a startup nonprofit exploring policy solutions for America's 100 largest cities. Of course, there are plenty of national and state-level policy org
by gwbrooks 7y ago
I'm leading a startup nonprofit exploring policy solutions for America's 100 largest cities.
Of course, there are plenty of national and state-level policy organizations; some even dip their toes in the municipal policy scene. But in the cities, most gropus are self-interested or focused on a single issue.
We're trying to fill the gap with original research and projects that operationalize the research of others -- taking, for example, good research and popularizing it, developing components for model ordinances, etc.
- jaredchung 7y agoWhat is it called?
- gwbrooks 7y agoBetter Cities Project
- jlevers 7y agoDo you have a website? Public policy is an area that seems almost ridiculously unoptimized, so I'm really interested in any organizations that are trying to fix that. This is the first time I've heard of doing research with the express goal of creating actionable plans, but now that you've brought it up, it seems like that's exactly how policy-focused research should be.
- gwbrooks 7y agoBetter Cities Project -- better-cities.org
- gwbrooks 7y agoIt's not so much laziness or lack of vision as it is different skill sets. Additionally, the big university-based research players (Brookings, Hoover, Mercatus) are all prevented from anything that looks too much like advocacy, so they stay away from things like model ordinances out of an abundance of caution.
- atlasunshrugged 7y agoThat's really cool, I'm researching policy solutions for LMICs right now but the U.S. is home. If you ever want to talk about taxation in particular, would love to chat.