How Public Works Partners creates solutions for our clients
At Public Works, the solutions we create for our clients take many forms, from documents like strategic plans, case studies, and evaluations to engagement activities like public meetings, focus groups, and trainings. While the solution differs project to project and...
Inclusive Writing: What We’re Learning
There is a collective imperative to directly address issues of racial equity and inclusion in our country, cities, communities, and workplaces. Equity and inclusion have been implicit values of Public Works Partners since its founding. However, to meet this moment, we...
September 2020 Newsletter: How we’re building anti-racism and equity into everything we do.
Creating Inclusive Workplaces: What Public Works Partners is Learning Public Works Partners has been committed to advancing anti-racism, equity, and inclusion since our founding, but we've come to realize that an implicit commitment isn't enough. While our mission is...
Flexing our values: 4 steps to strengthening our cultural competencies
Public Works Partners has always valued equity and inclusion. Still, amid the public health crisis, we are taking a moment to flex our values by finding ways to explicitly incorporate racial and cultural awareness into our day-to-day work and processes. This summer,...
How the PPP loans reached your neighborhood
The release of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan data by the Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this month inspired us to take a look at how the loans were distributed across the City. We were interested in the smallest and most vulnerable businesses, so...
Everything you need to move your nonprofit forward.
On July 22nd Public Works Partners hosted a webinar to introduce nonprofit leaders to our COVID-19 Nonprofit Tune-Up tool. Below you will find key points from our discussion. COVID-19 has upended service models for most providers. [pdf-embedder...
Learn how to move your nonprofit forward with confidence
Join us for a free panel discussion with three of Public Works' nonprofit health experts—CEO Celeste Frye, Director Allison Quigney, and Manager Favio Germán—on July 22 at 10 AM EDT. Over the past four months, Public Works Partners has been speaking with nonprofit...
Budget Talks: How can the City’s FY 2021 budget shape recovery?
New York City is at a crossroads. The convergence of a public health crisis, an economic crisis of as yet unknown proportion, and a long-overdue national awakening to the reach and impact of systemic racism has led to unprecedented scrutiny of the allocation of City...
#10YearsofPublicWorks: Catching up with the Lower East Side Employment Network
For the third installment of #10YearsofPublicWorks, we spoke with Gaspar Caro, Partnership Director at the Lower East Side Employment Network. In 2006, as developers began looking at the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the East Village, and the Two Bridges neighborhood...
Recap: Our conversation with leaders of emerging firms
On June 4, Public Works Partners brought together Jeanette Nigro of Perch Advisors, Michael Crowley of LaPlaca Cohen, Schillivia Baptiste of Laland Baptiste, and Sunil Narayan of Urbane Development for a virtual panel discussion to share and examine efforts to respond...