With Episode 48, we begin a 5 part series on the up-and-coming innovative city, Lancaster, PA. In Part 1 Danene Sorace, Mayor for Lancaster, PA dives into the culture work underway in Lancaster to transform the city into a more innovative and citizen-centric city. We talk about the block by block approach and how Danene views meaningful engagement and her leadership role more generally with Lancaster.

In episode 47, Olivia from our team chats with Rikesh Shah, Transport for London’s head of commercial innovation to discuss the creation of their groundbreaking innovation hub.

In part two of our focus on Detriot's Digital Inclusion, Olivia from our team is back with Joshua Edmonds, Detroit's director of digital inclusion to continue the conversation on bridging the digital divide. They'll get into concrete examples on how to effectively embed this work across an entire municipality.

Olivia from Govlaunch begins a two-part series with Detroit to discuss the city's first ever Director of Digital Inclusion, Joshua Edmonds. We'll learn about how Detroit became one of the first US cities to create this position and how they're tackling this critical issue.

On Part 3 of our Data Insights series with Sam Wells, Neighborhood Stabilization Coordinator for Albany, NY & Andrew Kieve, Tolemi Co-founder, we explore Albany’s use of Tolemi for data-driven insights with data visualization, sharing, reporting all in one platform.

On Part 2 of our Data Insights series, with Collin Boyce, CIO for the City of Tucson, AZ  & Scott Morris, Field Sales Director Public Sector for Qlik, we dive into Tucson's use of Qlik for data-driven insights with data visualization, sharing, and reporting all in one platform.

In this episode, Mike Sarasti, Director of Innovation & Technology & CIO at City of Miami, and Stephen Hardy from mySidewalk, share the work they are doing to build a strong data culture and push Miami forward.

What is Civil Defense, and why should your local gov implement it? City Innovation Lead Sean Audain shares Wellington’s efforts to protect its community, from earthquakes (30+ > mag 2.0 in May 2021 alone) to pandemics (like Covid-19).

In this episode, we dive into Richmond’s revamp of their 311 service (RVA311). The episode will be part 2 of a series on Richmond’s re-launch of their citizen request platform (part 1 was episode 20). This episode focuses on the launch, the marketing around the launch and plans for ongoing maintenance and revision of the platform based on feedback.

Helsingborg has created a safe space to innovate. This includes attaching money to their innovation budget to ensure staff are motivated to try new things. Managers and senior leaders also actively encourage their teams resulting in several exciting pilots.

H22 Project Manager, Kristin Engholm, shares how by providing a comprehensive approach to fostering innovation, this Swedish city is ensuring the best and most sustainable delivery of services to its residents.