New Report: Cities Joining Ranks - Policy Networks on the Rise This report offers the first systematic review of US city-to-city policy network activities, their media visibility, perceived value in the eyes of mayors, and membership composition. The report also provides novel insights into city peer groups based on an evaluation of network joining behavior. Click here to read the report.

The 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors encompasses insights and perspectives gathered via interviews with 115 sitting U.S. Mayors from cities of all sizes.

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The Menino Survey was initiated in 2014 by the Boston University Initiative on Cities, co-founded by the late Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. It continues in 2017 with the support of Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation.

This year’s Survey delves into the ways in which mayors are tackling critical urban issues of both local and global import—from housing young families and aging residents to mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change—while confronting federal and state funding gaps. The Survey offers insight into how mayors are rallying individually and as a collective to affect positive change.