Mayors' Institute on City Design

"A game changer for our community": Many thanks to the design leaders who shared insights and inspiration with the participating mayors at our Special Session in Gainesville, FL last week. Read about the Resource Team: zurl.co/qvGQ

Last week, 7 mayors and 7 design leaders gathered in Gainesville, FL for our final session of 2024, sharing project ideas and learning new tools to lead with design. Special thanks to our hosts, the UF School of Architecture and Mayor Harvey Ward: zurl.co/iQ6Q

This week, a new cohort of mayors and design leaders will convene in Gainesville, FL for a Special Session of MICD, hosted by the University of Florida School of Architecture and Mayor Harvey Ward. We look forward to joining you in Gainesville!

The Mayors' Institute on City Design is seeking up to four universities and/or design nonprofits to host our 2025-2026 Special Sessions. The RFQ is now open through January 10, 2025: zurl.co/OqoO @NEAarts

Join us today at 1pm ET for an informational webinar introducing the MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship. The 2025 expression of interest for mayors is currently open through November 15. Register now: zurl.co/z7ru

Mayors, you're invited to express interest in the 2025 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship, a semester-long program at @HarvardGSD designed to tackle injustices in cities through urban planning and design. Express interest by 11/15: zurl.co/JM8z @NEAarts @usmayors

Join our small team! The Mayors' Institute on City Design is hiring a program coordinator. This critical staff member helps put on high-quality MICD events, manages MICD communications, and helps us to "lead with design." @usmayors @NEAarts zurl.co/ClNk

From the Just City Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Just City Index is a framework of 50 values to help communities define what justice means for them. zurl.co/OTHj

Many thanks to the Resource Team who shared insights and inspiration at our first-ever Special Session dedicated to supporting Native citizens across the urban-rural continuum, hosted by MASS Design Group in Albuquerque, NM. Read more: zurl.co/fJGk

Last week, MICD's Bridging Boundaries special session in Albuquerque brought together six mayors and Tribal leaders to discuss supporting Native citizens across the urban-rural continuum. Special thanks to our hosts, @MayorKeller and MASS Design Group. zurl.co/G1jD

This week, the first-ever MICD Special Session dedicated to bringing together mayors and Tribal leaders comes to Albuquerque, NM. Host Mayor Tim Keller, a longtime MICD alum, aims to create a more inclusive and equitable city. zurl.co/FpVU @NEAarts @usmayors

Next week, MASS Design Group will host the first-ever MICD Special Session for mayors and Tribal leaders. Hear from project director Joseph Kunkel, MASS principal and director of the Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab about his work: zurl.co/54IM

This summer, MICD has been lucky to have Brendan Hall serve as our Program Intern. Brendan is currently pursuing a dual Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. #MICD #LeadWithDesign #Chicago

At the 79th National Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design in Detroit, MI, mayors and design leaders began to shape the future of our cities, project by project. micd.org/2024/08/07/pre… #MICD #LeadWithDesign #urbandesign #cityplanning #mayors #Detroit #MICD79

The expertise, insight, and collaborative spirit of our design leaders give MICD the potential to have lasting impacts on America’s cities. Many thanks to the design leaders who made MICD 79 Detroit last week such a success. micd.org/events/micd-79 #MICD #MICD79 #LeadWithDesign

This week, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan hosts the 79th National Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. Thank you for your dedicated public service, Mayor Duggan. @MayorMikeDuggan @cityofdetroit @usmayors @neaarts #MICD #LeadWithDesign #Detroit #mayors #MICD79

ICYMI, our new series explores the creative ways mayors and their staff in 7 cities are partnering with artists to create transformative change. micd.org/design-library/ @neaarts @usmayors #MICD #LeadWithDesign #artsandculture #leadwithdesign #artists #communityengagement #design

How can partnering with community-engaged artists help address a public infrastructure crisis? To conclude our new series on arts and city leadership, learn how Austin's ""My Park, My Pool, My City"" project offered a new path forward. micd.org/design-library… #leadwithdesign

Since attending MICD in 2016, Mayor Belinda Constant has set out to use the arts to spark a reimagination of the riverfront in Gretna, LA. Learn more in part 6 of our new series. micd.org/design-library… @ArtsNewOrleans @NEAArts #leadwithdesign #artsandculture #artists #design

@cityoftulsagov and its partners have experimented in supporting creative, locally-engaged efforts to address institutionalized equities from the ground up. Learn more in part 5 of our series on arts and city leadership. micd.org/design-library… @NEAarts #leadwithdesign