ProGov21 Policy Library

Legacy business closures result in job loss and diminished local ownership. The city should support these businesses in selling to employees to maintain jobs and local ownership. This approach is linked to economic development and workforce stability, as it preserves local businesses....

Access to affordable housing in urban areas is limited, leading to economic disparities and concentrations of poverty. Communities can enhance economic development and sustainability by distributing affordable housing and job opportunities more equitably. This example from Lansing,...

Cities and states nationwide are finding out that the promises of privatization often fail to materialize, and have been increasingly looking at “insourcing,”—that is, bringing a service or asset back under public, democratic control. The common problems of privatization that lead...