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The art and heart of community engagement
How can leaders and orgs ensure resident wisdom and experience is reflected in action plans?
Stepping Up and Stepping Back: Features of Effective Backbone Organizations
Lessons learned about backbones from 4 years of the Working Cities Challenge
Bringing learning to life at the Boston Fed
The Working Cities Challenge model features a set of four “core elements” that we ask cities to prioritize and build into their initiatives.
Working Cities ‘works’ in Chelsea, Holyoke, Fitchburg, and Lawrence
After four years participating in the initiative, cities see progress and momentum
Rosengren visits Working Cities teams in Fitchburg, Haverhill, and Lowell
Checking in on three Massachusetts Working Cities Challenge winners
Resurgent cities, collaborative governance, and the Muppets
Tips and lessons from the Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge
Rhode Island Working Cities Challenge welcomes new faces
New Boston Fed director, initiative directors for Cranston, Newport, and Providence
Rosengren visits Hartford and East Hartford, celebrates winning Connecticut cities
Governor Malloy, winning teams, gather to celebrate Connecticut cities
Rosengren visits Connecticut cities in celebration of Working Cities Challenge milestone
Danbury, East Hartford, Hartford, Middletown, and Waterbury each to receive $450k grants
Boston Fed announces winners of the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge
Danbury, East Hartford, Hartford, Middletown, and Waterbury win Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge competition
What's in a design session?
Read more about the work being done by teams to gear up for implementation grants.
Rosengren tours cities in celebration of Working Cities Challenge in Rhode Island
Cranston, Newport, and Providence to receive $400,000 implementation awards
Working Cities celebrates design grant winners in Connecticut
Bridgeport, Danbury, East Hartford, Hartford, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, Norwich, Torrington, and Waterbury to receive $15,000 design grant awards.
Ten Connecticut Cities Receive Design Grants through the Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge
Bridgeport, Danbury, East Hartford, Hartford, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, Norwich, Torrington, and Waterbury to receive grants.
Working Cities celebrates expansion to Connecticut
Sixteen communities eligible to pursue collaborative economic development strategies
Working Cities Challenge Rhode Island celebrates design grant recipients
Central Falls, Cranston, East Providence, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Westerly
Celebration honoring winning cities from Massachusetts's Working Cities Challenge
On July 18, 2016, the Boston Fed hosted over 150 guests for a celebration honoring winning teams from Massachusetts's second round of the Working Cities Challenge, representing the cities of Haverhill, Lowell, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Worcester. The teams were awarded a total of $2.8 million to be distributed as $475,000 grants.
Five cities receive total of $2.8M in Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge
Haverhill, Lowell, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Worcester will each receive $475,000 in the second round of the Working Cities Challenge
Massachusetts Round One: Mid-point evaluation completed by Mt. Auburn Associates
Captures progress made by winning cities on core elements of WCC model
Round One Progress report: Advancing goals, transforming communities
An update on the goals, strategy, and progress of Lawrence, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Chelsea, Salem, and Somerville.
Ten Working Cities Receive Design Grants In Second Round Of Boston Fed Competition
Brockton, Haverhill, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Revere, Salem, Springfield, and Worcester to receive grants
Boston Fed selects Rhode Island as next site for Working Cities Challenge
Fourteen cities submitted expressions of interest for Round 2, a step required of all teams that wish to complete a design grant application.
Completed: Round 2 Working Cities Challenge Massachusetts Expression of Interest
Fourteen cities submitted expressions of interest for Round 2, a step required of all teams that wish to complete a design grant application.
Request for Proposals: Working Cities Challenge Massachusetts Round 2
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and our partners are excited to announce a second round of the Working Cities Challenge, a grant competition that is designed to support cross-sector, collaborative leadership and ambitious work to improve the lives of low-income people in smaller cities in Massachusetts.
Round One Progress report: Advancing goals, transforming communities
An update on the goals, strategy, and progress of Lawrence, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Chelsea, Salem, and Somerville.