Stimulus Command Centers

For cities and metros, 2020 was a time of unprecedented crisis, and 2021 is a time of unprecedented Federal investment. Building back from this crisis will require doing things differently. Accelerator for America, along with Drexel’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the US Conference of Mayors, and partners across the country are working together to organize for a transformative recovery. Properly organized local leaders can direct resources to drive local recoveries that leverage private and civic resources to create virtuous cycles of community wealth-building, racial inclusion, and resilient infrastructure. We are working with our partners to establish and scale Stimulus Command Centers as a central organizing model to coordinate recovery efforts. Stimulus Command Centers are executive-level action-focused organizing efforts made up of leaders from the public, private, and civic sectors. They will serve as the local go-to points for planning, prioritizing, and coordinating federal rescue and recovery investments, particularly in areas where we believe we can make substantial impact on racial equity, including Black and Brown small business growth, public procurement, supplier diversity and reinvigorated, reimagined commercial corridors.

City List

• St. Louis, MO
• Dayton, OH
• Birmingham, AL
• Kansas City, MO
• Louisville, KY
• Philadelphia, PA
• Los Angeles, CA

Resources

How Cities Should Get Ready for the Biden Stimulus

DEPLOYING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

From Federal Sources to Local Uses: Maximizing the American Rescue Plan From the Ground Up

Unpacking the American Rescue Plan: Testimony Before the Philadelphia City Council

Localizing and Sequencing the American Rescue Plan Act: Estimating the Impact in Philadelphia