Accelerator For America
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Nonprofit finding and developing solutions to economic insecurity and sharing them with cities to create national change from the ground up.
Joined September 2017
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📣 Calling local transit & elected leaders After years of organizing, Mecklenburg County voters passed a transportation measure, generating $19.4B in funding to reduce congestion & make the region safer. Hear from leaders behind the win. 🔗Register: https://t.co/weoQ2L8m5W
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The Accelerator for America team honors the service and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. Our offices are closed in observance of #VeteransDay.
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📣 Calling local transit & elected leaders After years of organizing, Mecklenburg County voters passed a transportation measure, generating $19.4B in funding to reduce congestion & make the region safer. Hear from leaders behind the win. 🔗Register: https://t.co/weoQ2L8m5W
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Congratulations Accelerator for America Advisory Council member, Lansing Mayor @andyschor, on his re-election last night!
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Congratulations Accelerator for America Advisory Council member, @andreforatlanta, on his re-election last night!
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Congratulations Accelerator for America Advisory Council member, @Scranton_Mayor Paige Cognetti, on her re-election last night!
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Congratulations to Accelerator for America Advisory Council Mayor @JustinMBibb on his re-election!
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How can cities leverage the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) for cleaner drinking water? Join the Local Infrastructure Hub on 11/4 for a free webinar to learn how local gov't can use DWSRF to improve water quality for their cities.
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As part of the Local Infrastructure Hub, the United States Conference of Mayors is hosting a series of Zoom sessions with our partners Bloomberg Philanthropies and Results for America, which will...
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Time well spent together has a way of revitalizing our spirits and focusing our minds around our mission — to create greater economic opportunity for all. Our Fall 2025 Advisory Council meeting in Nashville this week did just that. https://t.co/YcbZAseNXo
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Dear Friends of AFA: Time well spent together has a way of revitalizing our spirits and focusing our minds around our mission — to create greater economic opportunity for all. Our Fall 2025 Advisory...
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Local electeds, business & philanthropic leaders, and educators shared how they’re navigating economic uncertainty, federal shifts & emerging tech. The common thread? Leaning on each other, exchanging bold ideas & using the AFA platform to scale what works. Local leadership,
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Another inspiring Advisory Council meeting is in the books — this time in the vibrant city of Nashville! Thanks to Mayor @freddieoconnell for hosting & kicking things off alongside AC Co-Chairs @MayorGallego & @MayorLucasKC 👏👏
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🚨 Opportunity Zones Panel 📆 Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 🕐 1 p.m. New Opportunity Zones will be designated by Governors in 2026. Anne Bovaird Nevins, AFA’s Chief of Economic and Community Impact, will join the panel during an upcoming @urbaninstitute event to spotlight
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In partnership with @USAccelerate the West Philly-based jobs training program @westphilaskills is sharing its successful model across the country– starting with our Super Bowl rival in Kansas City. https://t.co/iCUablcdH1
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In partnership with Accelerator for America, the West Philly-based jobs training program is sharing its successful model across the country
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Congratulations to AFA network cities - @Chattanooga_gov, @STLCityGov, and @StocktonUpdates - on being selected to participate in @NGINetwork's SCALE program! https://t.co/Kq1s9LjwsE
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Coalitions can now apply to SCALE their community wealth-building or commercial real estate development project with targeted support, expert guidance, and funding.
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“Our whole goal is to find those innovative models and solutions that are working in one place in the country and try to help bring those to other communities where they can have impact." Thank you, Courtney DuChene of @thephilacitizen, for your coverage of AFA's new partnership
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In partnership with Accelerator for America, the West Philly-based jobs training program is sharing its successful model across the country
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🗓️REGISTER TODAY! Local leaders are moving infrastructure projects forward despite a shifting funding environment. Join us to discuss the grant management strategies that decision-makers are using to rise above fiscal uncertainty: https://t.co/cwqg2aMUJy
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Pictured: La Vida Coffee in San Antonio, TX; Molino's Coffee in Riverside, CA; The Coffee Shoppe in Selma, AL; Shot Tower Coffee in Philadelphia, PA; and Valor Coffee in Atlanta, GA Not pictured: So many more wonderful coffee shops nationwide
No matter what's happening at the federal level, local & state governments are always working to attract investments that increase housing affordability, meet their residents' transit & infrastructure needs & create new career pathways that benefit both employers & residents. AFA
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No matter what's happening at the federal level, local & state governments are always working to attract investments that increase housing affordability, meet their residents' transit & infrastructure needs & create new career pathways that benefit both employers & residents. AFA
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