Bloomberg's bet on Mobile


  • December 15, 2014
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   economy
The news website al.com reports that Mobile is one of 14 cities across the nation that receive a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies annually to help create transformational change in a host of social and economic ills through "innovation team" grants.
"When we cast the vision to make Mobile the safest, most business and family-friendly city in America by 2020, we knew that we would need help to achieve our goal. We could not predict where all of the support would come from," (Mobile Mayor Sandy) Stimpson told a small crowd gathered near the intersection of Texas and Chatham streets. Specifically, the program aims to expand the capacity of the Stimpson administration to find creative solutions to the challenges of neighborhood revitalization and economic development with the Port City receiving as much as $1.65 million over the course of three years to create its own i-team to focus on improving the quality of life for citizens.
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