This latest ⁦NRDC 🌎🏡⁩ assessment of global EV investment (and U.S. leadership) is a must read ⁦Victoria Orozco 🇦🇷⁩ ⁦Milena Dovali⁩ nrdc.org/bio/jordan-bri…

The City of Kalamazoo continues to demonstrate how to effectively braid various funding sources together while leveraging BIL funding. City leaders take note! #LocalInfrastructureHub localinfrastructure.org/resources/buil…

ICYMI 🌉 We're proud to partner with Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab and the #LocalInfrastructureHub to share this case story about Philadelphia's Bridge Project to help other communities make the most of BIL funds: phila.gov/2024-08-08-cit…

We're proud to be a coalition partner with Justice Climate Fund to help community lenders deploy clean energy projects & bring clean energy resources to disadvantaged communities across our nation.

In 2020, Accelerator engaged with Austin, TX on Project Connect — a multi-modal #transportation improvement plan intended to address traffic concerns, create jobs, improve access to essential services & support affordable housing. Today, we are excited to share “A Living Case

Congrats to Austin Transit Partnership & City of Austin for being transparent & responsible. Accelerator For America dives deep into Austin's new light rail system, using Eno Center for Transportation research to measure how well we are doing against best practices. The answer is... good. acceleratoraction.org/austin

ICYMI: Accelerator will be tracking the development of Austin's Project Connect as a living case study. Future volumes of the study will revisit system progress, specifically looking at the project’s delivery model, procurement contract work & permitting efficacy.

On this #WomensEqualityDay, we celebrate the achievements of women everywhere and the ongoing fight for equality. Let’s honor the past, recognize the present and commit to a future where every woman has the opportunity to thrive. #EmpowerWomen #GenderEquality

Accelerator's Living Case Study of Project Connect indicates strides toward transparency from Austin Transit Partnership & compares project progress to global best practices in light rail implementation. communityimpact.com/austin/south-c…

As cities navigate an era of unprecedented federal investment & technological change, they're rethinking economic development to ensure growth benefits all residents. In our latest article, leaders from Orlando, Cleveland, Detroit, & North Carolina share strategies for

Recently, we joined AFA Advisory Council Mayors @QuentinaHartIA & @AndySchor, along w/ Congress for the New Urbanism’s Mallory Baches & Kevin Dubose of City of Knoxville Housing & Neighborhood Development to discuss how cities are using data & leveraging partnerships to drive solutions to the

AFA remains committed to working with communities to solve workforce challenges and create pathways for good jobs—those that provide family-sustaining wages, benefits, and opportunities for economic mobility. For more information, visit: acceleratorforamerica.org/workforce-deve…

JCF Coalition Partner Accelerator For America recently shared insights from the latest Economic and Community Development Practitioners’ Network meeting, where community leaders discussed strategies for fostering inclusive prosperity & equitable growth. Read here: linkedin.com/pulse/from-tra…

Want to improve air quality for your residents? Join the #LocalInfrastructureHub to learn about how cities can access the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. RSVP today here: results4america.co/ggrf24

The #IEDCDENVER Annual Conference is next week, and we are excited to have AFA's own Mary Ellen Wiederwohl speak at the Women of Economic Development Lunch on 9/16. We hope to see you there! denver.iedconline.org

We honor the lives we lost 23 years ago today. We're forever grateful for the bravery of the flight crews, firefighters, police officers, EMTs, DOT employees, transportation workers, and other first responders who stepped up to help each other in the face of terrorism.

We're thrilled to partner with Lansing Mayor Andy Schor & USDOL Women's Bureau on the Leveraging Infrastructure Networks for Equity (LINE) initiative! This program is creating equitable, well-paying jobs, with an emphasis on workforce development for underrepresented communities, like

.Acting Secretary Julie Su and Mayor @AndySchor just announced #Lansing's Good Jobs Principles and spoke about how we're making #GoodJobs accessible to underserved communities, including by investing in #ChildCare and caregiving infrastructure. Read more: lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/…