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NLC Economic Mobility Task Force Blog Series:

• How Your City Can Boost Economic Mobility and Opportunity
• Equity and Economic Development Must Go Hand in Hand
• 5 Ways to Expand Equitable Economic Development in Your City
• 5 Local Housing Affordability Strategies that Work
• 5 Workforce Strategies to Increase Economic Opportunity

Why Workforce Development Matters for Mayors

An Insider Look at Equitable Economic Development in Baltimore

Equitable Economic Development Fellowship – Testimonials and Interviews with Cities

How Six Cities are Pursuing Equity and Innovation in Economic Development

NLC Reports and Tools

Keeping the American Dream Alive: Expanding Economic Mobility and Opportunity in America’s Cities– NLC Task Force on Economic Mobility and Opportunity

Bridging the Urban Rural Economic Divide

Workforce Investment Strategies to Support Local Economies

Partner Organization Resources

What Shapes Health series – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF):

• What Shapes Health-Related Behaviors?
• Education and Health
• Stress and Health

Cities Building Community Wealth– Democracy Collaborative

Examining the Local Value of Economic Development Incentives – Evidence from Four US Cities– Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Guide to Equitable Neighborhood Development – NALCAB (National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders)

Success Measures Evaluation Tools for Measuring Health Outcomes– NeighborWorks America

Small Business as a Sustainable Solution, Small Business and the Racial Wealth Gap – Interise

Policy Link Resources/Publications:

• Inclusive Procurement and Contracting: Building a Field of Policy and Practice
• Health Equity: the Path to Inclusive Prosperity in Buffalo
• Fresno County at Crossroads: Equity Is the Path to Health and Prosperity