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🎟️ Early Bird Tickets Now Available - Get 30% Off! Join us in #Durham, NC for the NGIN Cityscapes Summit, May 15th-17th, 2024! Explore innovative strategies in #inclusive #economicdevelopment through workshops, plenaries, site visits and more! 🎟️://www.newgrowth.org/cityscapes

📚💰 We're committed to #equity, so NGIN is offering #scholarships for 40 economic and community developers to attend the Cityscapes #Summit in Durham, NC, free of charge! Waived fees, travel, and lodging covered. Apply by 🗓️ March 3rd 11:59 PM: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📘📗 Excited to welcome our new cohort to Phase 1: Capacity Building & Training of Equity Impact Investments! Tailor-made training & localized partnership support for inclusive economic development. Thanks to LISC, IEDC, PSE, HBCU CDAC, & EDA for their collaboration & support! 🌟

Excited to unveil Arlo Washington as one of our keynote speakers for #CityscapesSummit2024! Founder of Arkansas' first Black-owned bank & featured in the Oscar-nominated #shortdocumentary "The Barber of Little Rock". Join us May 15-17 in Durham! Register: newgrowth.org/cityscapes

🌟 Excited to announce our 2nd keynote speaker: Don’t Boo…Revolt! Bass! Renowned for her courageous civil disobedience in 2015, she's an advocate for racial and economic justice. Join us at #CityscapesSummit, May 15th-17th 2024 in #Durham, NC. Register now: newgrowth.org/cityscapes

🌟 Meet Bethia Burke, President of the Fund for Our Economic Future! 🌟 Over 4 years, she's led initiatives for high-paying jobs, equity, and sustainable development in Northeast Ohio. Join us in celebrating her! Watch and connect on NGIN’s platform: hub.newgrowth.com 🖱️

So inspired by the @nginetwork Summit, I will share some findings, reflections, and themes over the next week or so from the sessions we attended! I HIGHLY suggest attending this in the future if you can. At the recent NGIN Cityscapes Summit, we attende… instagr.am/p/C7HV0riOuS-/

We had a wonderful time at New Growth Innovation Network's Cityscapes Summit, last week in #DurhamNC where our team presented the "BlackWall Street Forward: Catalyzing Wealth Creation Through Social Enterprise Support Networks" session.

It was a pleasure to open the collar a bit at the NGIN Cityscapes Summit 2024. Creating an inclusive economy is hard, but there are good people doing the work that’s necessary to make it happen. Thank you for inviting me. 📷 mediabyprince

Dr. Randal Pinkett @BCTPartners973 joined the New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) 🏙️ CityScapes Summit: Igniting Inclusive Economies on May 17th. He spoke on a panel entitled, “Metrics that Matter: Charting New Economic Development Benchmarks”

At New Growth Innovation Network’s Cityscapes Summit a few weeks ago, RJ McGrail shared lessons from our Accelerating Community Investment initiative in a fireside chat with participants @aromero_nm (New Mexico Impact Investing Collaborative) and Christopher G. Pike, EDFP, CPM (Jackson Redevelopment Authority).

May's Small and Midsized City Practitioner Spotlight is on Angel Iset Dozier, founder of Be Connected Durham & Beyond. Her initiative uses arts, culture, and music to address disparities and promote equity. Watch her interview and connect on NGIN’s SMC Hub! ➡️hub.newgrowth.org

On this #Juneteenth, we honor the resilience of Black Americans, recognize the ongoing struggle for equality, and reaffirm our pledge to foster a future where economic opportunity is accessible to all.

Our June #SMC Practitioner Spotlight is Jacques Colon , Chief Strategy Officer for City of Tacoma! He leads key initiatives like the #Equity Index, which won the #NGIN Luminary Award at the #CityscapesSummit2024. Watch his interview on hub.newgrowth.com! #EconomicDevelopment

We're thrilled to announce NGIN has received a grant from the Gates Foundation to continue the Advancing Economic Mobility initiative. We'll provide yearlong support and up to $30,000 to five communities to enhance collaboration and economic mobility. Stay tuned for updates!

⭐️ Let’s give it up for our July SMC Practitioner Spotlight--- Trevor Smith, Co-Founder of BLIS Collective. ⭐️ BLIS stands for Black Liberation—Indigenous Sovereignty and fosters collaboration to repair US culture. Connect with Trevor on NGIN’s platform! hub.newgrowth.com

Last Thursday, we hosted the Equity Impact Investments Cohort II Convening with over 60 leaders! Craig Buerstatte from the EDA spoke and attendees engaged in breakout rooms, sharing projects and explored new funding opportunities!

Applications for NGIN’s LEAP Program are now open! Want to see how smaller cities (50K-500K residents) are driving innovation & economic opportunity? Join this 4-day immersive learning trip, funded by RWJF ! 🗓️ Apply by March 10, 2025: newgrowth.org/leap

🚨 New funding + support for city, economic & community leaders! 🚨 Got a project that’s ready to grow? SCALE it. Our 12-month program, SCALE, offers TA, coaching, capital connections + more for coalitions in cities <500K. Two tracks: Apply by July 25: newgrowth.org/ngin-initiativ…