Going Local

For every state elected official, there are 66 at the local level. 

The local leaders who administer over our urban infrastructure are the main decision makers on many of the policy issues we most care about:  Child welfare, workforce development, clean water, housing, transit planning, land use, employment training and social services that make up our safety net. 

To honor this work, ALICE compiled their best ideas in one place:

• Click here for local policies to promote metro workers.
• Click here to promote progressive economic development.
• Click here to create sustainable metro futures.
• Click here to keep our government accountable.

Focus on Metro Centers

Metro centers generate more than 80 percent of the nation’s employment, income, and production of goods and services. They drive U.S. growth during good times, and their continued weakness stalls the nation's recovery.  As power has trickled from federal -- down to state -- and now to our metro centers, city and county government has become the key to starting any vehicle that travels the high road.

Metro center leaders administer over our urban infrastructure, including parks, hospitals, airports and roads. They are the main decision makers on high road policy issues, including:

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