PROBLEM(S):
I (well, the nonprofit I lead) am trying to solve for the general problem of municipal public policy but, as you might expect, it's a series of discrete, linked problems. Some of these problems have thousands of people focused on a solution; in other areas, it's virtually greenfield.
SOLUTION:
The space doesn't lack for good research and policy recommendations, but it has historically lacked (on the right and left), non-screedy, nonpartisan voices that can be trusted when policymakers look for solutions. We're attempting to fill that space.
WHAT WE WANT:
Ultimately? We want every major American city to work better for the people who live and work there. It'll look different from community to community and our job isn't about applying a cookie-cutter approach. Instead, we want to get a wider range of ready-to-implement tools in front of the decision makers, and educate engaged citizens that solutions exist.
If you can use machine translation, countries with more than two major political parties often have "centre-" parties that tend to argue for centrist platforms on pragmatic grounds.
(incidentally, I am just at the point in Simone Weil's reports from germany where, early 1930's, the communist unions and nazi unions are ganging up against the middle-of-the-road pragmatic-reform-not-ideological-revolution social democrat unions. Very depressing.)
SOLUTION: The space doesn't lack for good research and policy recommendations, but it has historically lacked (on the right and left), non-screedy, nonpartisan voices that can be trusted when policymakers look for solutions. We're attempting to fill that space.
WHAT WE WANT: Ultimately? We want every major American city to work better for the people who live and work there. It'll look different from community to community and our job isn't about applying a cookie-cutter approach. Instead, we want to get a wider range of ready-to-implement tools in front of the decision makers, and educate engaged citizens that solutions exist.