Co-Governing to Build Back Better

The past year did incredible damage to the American people and to American cities — an unprecedented pandemic, economic aftershocks, dangerous disinformation, and racial justice crises collided — with devastating and deadly impacts. Local and state leaders are expected to address bigger challenges than ever before, with fewer resources. It’s tempting in a moment of crisis to revert to the “normal” way of governing, we vote every few years, and our representatives make decisions that are informed by occasional interactions with constituents. But this top-down approach to governing is limited.

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