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The Power of City Dividends

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Lee Fisher recently reflected on his travels to cities accross the country as President and CEO of CEOs for Cities in a blog post for Code for America. In his travels, he's learned about the Power of Progress - and the importance to motivate, mobilize, focus, and accelerate action. The progress principle informs what we call our City Dividends, premised on research and experience that show measurable progress, or “moving the needle,” on targeted work can reap huge economic growth dividends for cities, and accelerate movement on important goals. City Dividends focus this idea down to the power of one: showing that the difference in one percentage point, one mile, one measurement (a small step) has the potential to yield a large economic dividend (a big idea)—which helps demonstrate measurable progress.

Change is happening across America from the bottom up. Read more about how cities and metro regions are shaping America's future at Code for America.


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