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March 31, 2021
President Joe Biden entered office in January 2021 facing multiple converging crises and the urgent need to mitigate the previous administration’s most egregious failures: a pandemic entering its second year, exacerbated by a botched vaccine rollout and anti-mask disinformation; businesses crippled by indoor-gathering restrictions and depressed consumer spending; millions of Americans out of work and facing foreclosure, eviction or homelessness; extreme weather emergencies linked to climate change … the list goes on.
Halfway through his first 100-day sprint, Biden and his team have swiftly accelerated vaccine distribution and overseen passage of the American Rescue Plan, a recovery effort that, even in its whittled-down form, could lay the groundwork for combating income inequality through direct cash payments to families. But what further actions should the administration prioritize moving forward? And what do those actions look like for cities?
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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President Joe Biden entered office in January facing multiple converging crises and the urgent need to mitigate the previous administration’s most egregious failures: a pandemic entering its second year, exacerbated by a botched vaccine rollout and anti-mask disinformation; businesses crippled by indoor-gathering restrictions and depressed consumer spending; millions of Americans out of work and facing foreclosure, eviction or homelessness; extreme weather emergencies linked to climate change … the list goes on.
Now halfway through his first 100-day sprint, Biden and his team have swiftly accelerated vaccine distribution and overseen passage of the American Rescue Plan, a recovery effort that, even in its whittled-down form, could lay the groundwork for combating income inequality through direct cash payments to families. But what further actions should the administration prioritize moving forward? And what do
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The 100 largest cities in the U.S. have a combined budget of $214 billion. That number pales in comparison to the roughly $4.8 trillion federal budget, but it’s not chump change, either. City budgets have power power not just over how their money is spent but on whom the money is spent, and where that budget money is stored in the meantime.
In this ebook we have collected stories about how more cities are choosing to spend their money with women- and minority-owned businesses and, increasingly, with LGBTQ-owned businesses as well. When cities shift some of their contracting dollars to businesses that historically have been left out of these opportunities, the value extends beyond the dollar amount on the paperwork. For example, one estimate pegs the revenues of every LGBTQ-owned business in the country at $1.7 trillion; this makes a compelling case that any city wanting to get ahead should invest in those businesses.