JERSEY CITY — Mayor Steven Fulop announced that Jersey City is one of 12 U.S. cities selected to participate in the $45 million expansion of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Innovation Teams program. The i-teams program aims to improve the capacity of City Halls to design and implement new approaches that improve citizens’ lives – relying on data, open innovation, and strong project and performance management to help mayors address pressing urban challenges. Jersey City will receive up to $2.25 million to create an innovation team, or “i-team.”
Innovation teams function as in-house innovation consultants, moving from one mayoral priority to the next. Using Bloomberg Philanthropies’ tested Innovation Delivery approach, i-teams help agency leaders and staff through a data-driven process to assess problems, generate responsive new interventions, develop partnerships, and deliver measurable results.
In Jersey City, the new i-team will initially focus on violent crime, positive youth development, and economic development in commercial areas not located near the waterfront.
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