Shared Prosperity Partnership

@kresgefdn @BrookingsMetro @urbaninstitute @Living_Cities @AspenUrbanInnov supporting local efforts to shape inclusive economies in U.S. cities #SP2Cities

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit+, now in its 10th year, has provided more than $13.7M to 184 transformative projects designed & created by small, neighborhood-based organizations. Applications for the next round of $1.3M KIP:D+ funding open on March 4.https://t.co/lCplrAErBz

[Kresge Foundation @kresgefdn]

TODAY AT 2 PM ET: Join the #LocalInfrastructureHub to learn about @USDOT's Charging & Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program to fund #ElectricVehicles charging & alternative-fueling infrastructure in communities across the country. @andyschor @gabe_klein @rkbtwo @boisemayor

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

In 2019, @kresgefdn added #equity to our organizational values alongside creativity, opportunity, respect, partnership & stewardship, making explicit what had previously been implied. As we kick of our centennial year, we are adding equity to our tagline. https://t.co/dD7VqNTicS

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

As we approach the #holidays, four great reasons "Why Taking Time Off From Work Is Good for Your Productivity:
1. You'll learn the difference between being busy & being productive
2. You find clever solutions
3. You know how to delegate
4. You have a life
https://t.co/ydfCtmCGyj

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

The racial real estate ownership gap precedes the racial wealth gap, argue Lyneir Richardson, @lohplaces & @andreperryedu. @BrookingsInst analysis shows only 3% of Black households own nonresidential commercial real estate, compared to 8% of white ones. https://t.co/YBkpmw6Taz

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

Maria Popova (@brainpicker) writes a weekly newsletter entitled The Marginalian, which offers reflections on beauty, art, self-fulfillment & hope. It is invariably insightful and elegant. Here are 17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian.
https://t.co/Ne6uw2KcSu

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

Mark your calendar: 11/16 @ 12 pm EDT. Authors Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin & Timothy Nelson discuss their book The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. Explore & examine the inequalities shaping people’s upward social mobility.
https://t.co/rh0EiWTZEG

[Kresge Foundation @kresgefdn]

Historic legislation (#ARPA, IIJA, IRA) has provided transformational funding to cities to invest in a competitive, inclusive & sustainable future. Kresge & @BrookingsMetro brought leaders together to showcase innovative investments & replicable strategies.https://t.co/qbQjQl8jc4

[Civic Commons US @CivicCommonsUS]

7 insights from Memphis’ innovative investments in public space
@MemRiverParks @DowntownMemphis @MEM_Library @CityOfMemphis @overtonpark @HeightsCDC @cxffeeblack @MemSlimHouse @YourConcourse @TheJPBFdn @knightfdn @kresgefdn @WilliamPennFdn #publicspace
https://t.co/59iPU3C6Ad

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

In 2016, Kresge joined with @WK_Kellogg_Fdn to launch @HopeStartsHere: a community engagement process that led to Detroit’s first-ever early childhood development framework that reimagined a more cohesive, stronger, more sustainable #EarlyChildhood system. https://t.co/FUtVDHeSd7

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

Rarely do philanthropic organizations collaborate together at the scale Community Investment Guarantee Pool has achieved so quickly. The recent $12M grant from MacKenzie Scott speaks to CIGPs positive impact on community development & its innovative model. https://t.co/aJZnm2dU3A

[Intel Policy @IntelPolicy]

This week, @Intel’s Chief Strategy Officer, Saf Yeboah-Amankwah, participated in a fireside chat on testing the #CHIPSAct’s promise for economic revitalization at @BrookingsMetro & @kresgefdn’s joint summit. https://t.co/XEnz8dqNab

[MarySue Barrett @MarySueBarrett]

Valuable @BrookingsMetro & @kresgefdn summit on equitable infrastructure investments, featuring a range of experts, tools & stories

Exactly what we need at this high potential time for our communities, convening federal, metro & local innovators for shared learning & inspiration

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

Brookings Metro and @kresgefdn are proud to host at our joint summit local, regional, and state leaders to showcase innovative investments from historic federal funding.

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

As we reach the 1st anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (#IRA), it's increasingly clear that we need vigilance in how each of the Act’s provisions is implemented if we’re to ensure that its benefits reach the people most at risk from #ClimateChange. https://t.co/Xp5tp5KWlH

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

.@Hewlett_Found's Larry Kramer is stepping down to take a position at the London School of Economics. The appointment is a fitting tribute to someone who has become one of the most thoughtful, insightful & courageous philanthropic leaders. Congratulations! https://t.co/pazPv16W2u

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

This week, we celebrated Cynthia Kresge’s decade of service on the @kresgefdn Board. She brought so many of the qualities that have characterized the Kresge family’s stewardship of the institution: deep humility, disarmingly self-effacing humor, unshakable integrity, . . .

[Rip Rapson @RipRapson]

This week marked the 10th anniversary of the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy in #Detroit. At the time, there was a fear Detroit would never recover. But the city successfully exited bankruptcy in record time & is nearly unrecognizable from a decade ago. https://t.co/Rzbuc91YIu

[Kresge Foundation @kresgefdn]

TODAY: Join @NextCityOrg at 1 pm ET for a discussion on long-standing, hardwired narratives that show up in the community development sector & keep us from doing the #RacialEquity work many of us are trying to do. @MCargill28 @Doclisayunlee @lucasgrindley https://t.co/7CHF3hCBWT