Accelerator For America

Nonprofit finding and developing solutions to economic insecurity and sharing them with cities to create national change from the ground up.

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⏰ There is still time to register. Join us at 4 p.m. today!

Register here: https://t.co/hRGBPFLhcK

#OpportunityZones #EconomicMobility

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📢 Webinar Alert
Finalizing your OZ 2.0 tract recommendations? AFA’s June 4 webinar walks through the Designation Toolkit + answers your questions.
🕓 4pm ET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/8BnwynQuLf

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📢 Webinar Alert
Finalizing your OZ 2.0 tract recommendations? AFA’s June 4 webinar walks through the Designation Toolkit + answers your questions.
🕓 4pm ET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/8BnwynQuLf

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New OZ designations are moving fast with communities sending recommended tract to their states in the coming days and weeks. AFA’s new OZ Designation Toolkit helps local leaders:
• Identify eligible tracts
• Engage early with state officials
• Assess market conditions + project pipeline

🔗 https://t.co/A38f1IEYBG

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Our sister organization, Accelerator for America Action, worked with Nashville on Choose How You Move, helping residents shape a transportation vision that strengthens access, opportunity, and quality of life across the city.

#InfrastructureWeek #BuildingaStrongerAmerica

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AFA Advisory Council Mayor @freddieoconnell joined @thephilacitizen How to Really Run a City podcast during Infrastructure Week 2026 to share how he got into public service and why improving the way Nashvillians move around their city has been his North Star from day one.

📻 Listen: https://t.co/6GOZG9Tgd3

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When we invest in transportation, energy, and water systems, we’re investing in the people and places that drive America’s economy forward. It’s not just about roads and bridges; it’s about communities and economic mobility.
Tune in and see how national policy translates into local progress.

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🚨 Infrastructure Week 2026: Building a Stronger America kicks off soon!

🎙️ Featuring Administrator Sean McMaster, Rep. Rick Larsen, and powerhouse panels of federal, state, and local voices talking about surface transportation reauthorization, the energy grid, and water infrastructure.

Tune in at 9 a.m. ET ➡️ https://t.co/Yz9Vbg3cl5

#InfrastructureWeek #BuildingAStrongerAmerica

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Since our founding, Accelerator for America has helped mayors turn infrastructure funding into real progress — from i3 to Thriving Communities to the Local Infrastructure Hub. This #InfrastructureWeek, we’re celebrating the local leadership driving America’s growth, city by city.
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We're proud to see this recognition for a city led by @MayorTimKelly, a member of the AFA Advisory Council and a champion for practical, people‑centered solutions.

Local innovation is how we move the needle on housing, and Chattanooga is one of the cities showing the way.

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Congratulations to the @Chattanooga_gov on earning an @IvoryInnovation Award for its Affordable Housing PILOT program. The program is a model for unlocking new mixed-income housing developments that replaces a one-sits-fits-all incentive program with a simpler, more precise approach, maximizing the impact of public investment.

https://t.co/CjFEJY88HU

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In communities like Allentown, Riverside, Tampa, and St. Louis, local leaders are building models that move people into good jobs, connect employers to talent, and remove barriers to economic opportunity — and AFA is proud to support the work that gets results. #EconDevWeek #EconDev100 #IEDC100

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Economic Development Week is a reminder that local leadership drives national progress. From strengthening workforce pipelines to expanding pathways to economic mobility, communities across the country are proving what’s possible.

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Economic Development Week celebrates the people and partnerships shaping stronger, more resilient local economies.
To every mayor, practitioner & community partner working to expand opportunity: Thank you! AFA is honored to stand with you & our friends at the @IEDCtweets as we build the next generation of local economic mobility. #EconDevWeek #EconDev100 #IEDC100

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In a moment of major transition, cities are driving solutions on workforce, housing, transit, and infrastructure. As AFA Board Chair Michelle De La Isla says, our role is to connect local leaders with the partners who help match vision with action. #NationalChangeFromTheGroundUp

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Cities nationwide are building the transportation systems their residents deserve. Transportation is one of the most powerful economic development tools cities have — because sustained, community‑driven investment builds capacity & momentum.
Being a “Do Tank” means helping local leaders turn vision into action & action into opportunity.

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Accelerator for America partners with mayors and local leaders to turn big ideas into real solutions — from expanding transit and infrastructure investment to accelerating economic mobility in communities nationwide. If you’re new to our work, this short video 🎥 is the perfect place to start.

cc: @MayorGallego @MayorLucasKC @davidfholt @coreywoodstempe

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He also represented AFA on the national stage & helped shape the organization we are today.

Mayor Lucas will remain an active member of the Advisory Council & the AFA family. We are deeply grateful for his leadership and look forward to more good work together!

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AFA Advisory Council this spring marked a bittersweet milestone: @MayorLucasKC is stepping down as Advisory Council Co-Chair after over 4 years of extraordinary service. Together with Co‑Chair @MayorGallego, he has guided AFA through an incredible period of growth & evolution.

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Mayor Lucas played a pivotal role in expanding AFA’s place‑based work in KC — from new workforce development models to designation as an EDA Tech Hub, to tens of millions in federal investment put to work for KC residents.

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Thank you to those who joined us for our spring Advisory Council meeting in Riverside! The discussions showcased how cities nationwide are driving innovation & inclusive growth in economic development, workforce, housing, and transit & infrastructure.
Dive in deeper: https://t.co/zlsBumN1OA

cc: @MayorLockDawson