



What We Do
We provide technical assistance, capacity building, and advocacy, helping communities communities achieve their goals through local policy, innovative tools, public-private partnerships, ballot measures, state and federal grants, and philanthropic partnerships.
How We Work
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Access to jobs and affordable housing
Access to jobs and affordable housing
Access to jobs and affordable housing
Our Approach

Economic & Community Development
We help local leaders create more prosperous communities through initiatives to increase housing affordability, invest in thriving small businesses and neighborhoods, expand access to capital, and build career pathways.
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Transit &Â Infrastructure
We work with leaders to generate local infrastructure funding and to leverage the historic federal investment in infrastructure to create wide-reaching economic opportunity and other community.
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Workforce Development
We work with local leaders to tackle workforce challenges and create pathways for high-quality jobs â those that provide family-sustaining wages, benefits, and opportunities for economic mobility.
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Housing &Â Innovation
We help communities confront America's housing crisis by identifying and scaling practical solutions â from unlocking underutilized public land and deploying innovative funding strategies, to modernizing zoning and streamlining permitting.
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By the Numbers
communities
supported with resources or direct technical assistance from our expert staff and committed partners
leaders and practitioners
representing 120+ communities in our Economic Opportunity Accelerators network
million
in new transit and transportation funding through local ballot measures supported by Accelerator for America Action
communities
obtained technical assistance and capacity building from AFA and our partners through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Thriving Communities Program
Case Stories
produced for the Local Infrastructure Hub, which supported 6,950+ local officials across 2,500+ cities nationwide
billion
in IIJA and Inflation Reduction Act discretionary funds awarded to cities across the country that have utilized our resources



