This Midterm Guide Is Every New York Voter’s Best Friend
Election day is one week away – are you ready? Whether you’re savvy about every candidate and ballot proposal, or feeling overwhelmed and under-informed, check out this Voter Guide, created each year by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB). We recently...
read moreCenter Stage: Roundabout Theatre Company’s Theatrical Workforce Development Program Evaluation
We recently dropped the curtain on the first year evaluation of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Theatrical Workforce Development Program (TWDP), a program that prepares out-of-school, out-of-work youth for careers in technical theatre. So far, 27 fellows have...
read more‘A New Vision for New York City Transit:’ Commitment to Engage, Improve, and Ensure Access
On May 24th, Public Works Partners attended A New Vision for New York City Transit at NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation. The event featured a presentation from the New York City Transit (NYCT) president Andy Byford on their new Corporate Plan, Fast Forward: The...
read moreHuman-Centered Design for Creating Solutions
More recently, human-centered design (HCD) has gained popularity as a means for organizations to connect more deeply with their stakeholders and design “people-focused” solutions. Challenging the notion that design thinking is just for the creative fields, this...
read morePublic Works Partners at the Change Capital Fund Forum: Smart Organizations/Strong Neighborhoods
Public Works Partners was proud to participate in the Change Capital Fund (CCF) Forum, Smart Organizations/Strong Neighborhoods, on February 28. The Forum provided reflection and provoked discussion on CCF-funded community development corporations and their impact on...
read moreSupporting Trenton’s Master Plan in time for the City’s 250th Anniversary
The City of Trenton is looking ahead to a new chapter as a leading 21st-century city. In time for the 250th anniversary of its incorporation in 2042, the City envisions playing a role as a key economic and cultural hub in the region, built on education, arts, and...
read moreGrowing Conscious Consumerism: Understanding the Rent-to-Own Industry in NYC
For our workforce development colleagues: you know the importance of financial education and empowerment in positioning your participants to maintain jobs and build sustainable employment. However, protecting the communities you work with from predatory financing and...
read moreWant to learn how Customer Journey Mapping can enhance your programs?
Sign up for our training. On June 22, we’re partnering with the Workforce Professionals Training Institute for a half-day skills-building workshop on Customer Journey Mapping. Journey Mapping is a technique for understanding how clients move through your services, and...
read moreWalk A Mile In A Business Owner’s Shoes
As a small business ourselves, we understand the power of well-designed support for business growth. Last year, we supported the NYC Department of Small Business Services’ Small Business First Initiative to help streamline the way the City interacts with business...
read moreRecipe for Metrics Success
Across our work, we aim to strengthen organizations that strengthen communities. But, to know if we are strengthening an organization or it is in turn strengthening a community, there has to be a clearly defined method for measuring impact. When thinking about how to...
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