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  • Ben Rog in Conversation with Bruce Katz: Creating Communities 2020

    Published: September 28, 2020
    Media format: Podcast
  • New Localism in the Age of Pandemics

    Author: Bruce Katz
    Published: September 17, 2020
    Workstream: Place
    Media format: Newsletter

    COVID-19 has emphasized both the necessity of national intervention and the strength of local leadership. Cities, functioning as networks of public, private, and civic institutions, have demonstrated agility in addressing economic and social challenges. Moving forward, a balanced approach—combining national investment with devolved local flexibility—will be essential for an inclusive and sustainable recovery.

  • Building Philadelphia Back Better: A Roadmap for Inclusive and Resilient Recovery

    Author: Bruce Katz, Richard Florida
    Published: September 03, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    COVID-19 has exacerbated longstanding challenges in Philadelphia, including poverty, inequality, and economic sustainability. In response, the city must design an inclusive recovery strategy, leveraging local institutions such as universities, hospitals, and philanthropic organizations. The plan includes creating a $250 million Regeneration Fund to support innovation, workforce skills upgrading, business development, and community resilience.

  • A Small Business Reading List

    Author: Benjamin Preis, Bruce Katz
    Published: August 20, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated challenges for small businesses, particularly Black-owned enterprises, due to inadequate federal relief efforts and limited research funding.

    Cities must take action by analyzing business ecosystems, engaging anchor institutions in procurement shifts, strengthening business incubators, innovating financial products, and securing community benefits through policy change.

  • The Deep Dive with John Lettieri: What Bruce Katz Thinks about Opportunity Zones

    Published: August 13, 2020
    Workstream: Place
  • What's Next on Small Business Relief

    Author: Bruce Katz, Colin Higgins, Michael Saadine
    Published: July 31, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    Five months into the COVID-19 crisis, small businesses, particularly minority-owned, continue to struggle. Federal relief efforts like the HEALS Act provide some support, but they fall short for very small businesses.

    The RELIEF for Main Street Act advocates for direct funding through state and local governments, enabling faster and more equitable distribution. This approach, combined with reforms to existing programs, aims to ensure a more inclusive and sustainable recovery for small businesses.

  • What Comes Next for Small Business?

    Author: Bruce Katz, Colin Higgins, Michael Saadine
    Published: July 24, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Report

    Small businesses, especially those in majority-Black districts, face significant challenges due to COVID-19 and civil unrest. Long-standing issues like the underrepresentation of Black-owned businesses, their smaller size, and lower revenues have been worsened by the pandemic, highlighting the urgent need for support and revitalization.

  • In Conversation with Bruce Katz: The Future of Urbanization in a Post Covid World

    Published: July 23, 2020
    Workstream: Place
    Media format: Podcast
  • Can Large Corporations Fuel the Growth of Black-Owned Businesses?

    Published: July 16, 2020
    Workstream: Procurement
    Media format: Newsletter

    Black-owned businesses make up just 2.2% of employer firms, despite Black people being 14% of the population. Efforts like Netflix’s $100 million commitment focus on capital access, but procurement opportunities must also improve. Existing diversity programs lack transparency, and better data and metrics are needed.

  • Growing Wealth in Opportunity Zones: A Proposal for Community Equity Trusts

    Author: Bruce Katz, Lori Bamberger
    Published: July 09, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Report

    The persistent lack of wealth creation in African American communities underpins enduring social inequalities. Addressing this requires clear pathways to generational wealth creation and ensuring equity investments benefit, rather than exploit, these communities, forming the foundation of equitable community development.

  • Bruce Katz in Conversation with Eve Picker

    Published: July 07, 2020
    Workstream: Place
  • The COVID-19 Crisis and Minority Business Recovery

    Author: Benjamin Preis, Bruce Katz, Kevin Gillen, Victoria Orozco
    Published: July 01, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Report

    As local and state governments begin reopening after COVID lockdowns, many small businesses, particularly Black-owned businesses, are struggling. This series of white papers analyzes the pre-COVID small business landscape and provides guidance for policymakers to stabilize and revitalize small business ecosystems in the aftermath of the crisis.

  • How States Can Grow Black-Owned Businesses

    Author: Benjamin Preis, Bruce Katz, Kevin Gillen
    Published: June 26, 2020
    Workstream: Procurement
    Media format: Newsletter

    Black-owned businesses in the U.S. are smaller and concentrated in states with larger Black populations. To support growth, states should prioritize contracts for minority-owned businesses, improve regulatory support, and build ecosystems to help these businesses thrive long-term.

  • Small Business on the Eve of COVID-19

    Author: Benjamin Preis, Bruce Katz, Kevin Gillen, Victoria Orozco
    Published: June 18, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    The COVID-19 crisis has hit small businesses, especially those owned by people of color, hard. Data from the 2018 Annual Business Survey shows Black-owned businesses are underrepresented, with smaller size and lower revenues. These businesses struggled to access relief programs like PPP due to systemic issues, highlighting the need for a targeted, structural response to support recovery.

  • The Local Economy Meets the Global Pandemic

    Published: June 09, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Podcast
  • Revitalizing Fiscal Federalism: A Modest Proposal for the COVID-19 Crisis

    Author: Andrew Petrisin, Bruce Katz, Luise Noring
    Published: May 28, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    The U.S. COVID-19 response revealed critical failures in its federalist system, leaving state and local governments financially strained. With declining tax revenues and essential services at risk, federal intervention is crucial.

  • RELIEF for Main Street Act: The Next Phase of COVID-19 Recovery

    Author: Bruce Katz, Colin Higgins, Michael Saadine
    Published: May 20, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    The RELIEF for Main Street Act, introduced by Senator Cory Booker and Congressman Dan Kildee, aims to provide $50 billion in direct assistance to cities, counties, and states for small business relief, particularly targeting micro and minority-owned businesses affected by COVID-19.

    With bipartisan support and backing from 100 mayors, the Act emphasizes flexibility and local control in recovery efforts.

  • The Virus and the City with Bruce Katz and Mayor Nan Whaley of Dayton, OH

    Published: May 19, 2020
    Workstream: Place
    Media format: Podcast
  • COVID-19: What We Learned and What's Next

    Published: May 15, 2020
    Media format: Podcast
  • Needed: Main Street Regenerators

    Author: Bruce Katz, Colin Higgins, Michael Saadine
    Published: May 13, 2020
    Workstream: Capital
    Media format: Newsletter

    The COVID-19 crisis has devastated small businesses, especially on Main Street. Many face collapse despite relief efforts, threatening local economies. Main Street Regenerators can help by revitalizing commercial districts, supporting businesses, and stabilizing rents.

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