
Voices in Local Government tells stories, inspires ideas, celebrates progress, and acknowledges challenges faced by local government managers and staff in serving the public.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 74 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Government | |||

Featured Guest: Ben R. Spoer, PhD, MPH, Program Director, City Health Dashboard and Congressional District Health Dashboard, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health
Episode Host: Emily Sparks, Program Directo... more
In This Interview:
• How the Economic Recovery Corps program builds local capacity through embedded, on-the-ground expertise.
• Strategies for preserving affordable housing and preventing displacement before it happens.
• The role of partnershi... more
Guest Information
Zhikun Liu, Ph.D., CFP®, vice president, head of MissionSquare Research Institute
Gerald Young, senior researcher, MissionSquare Research Institute
Topics
Financial wellness: Generic benefit, or strategy?
Guaranteed income opt... more
Key Takeaways:
• The ERC program focuses on building long-term economic resilience.
• It funds people and capacity, not just projects.
• Communities gain repeatable local controllable tools for investment.
• Economic development is a relational func... more
Thank you to Joe and my co-interviewee Iris for a great discussion about challenges being experienced by local governments and strategies to improve operations and planning.
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This program centers on local government management, with recent episodes leaning into housing affordability, economic resilience, and workforce technology. Highlights include how embedded practitioners accelerate coalition-building and data-informed planning to protect vulnerable households, plus practical discussions on AI adoption, retirement design, and mental health in public-sector workforces. The show consistently features practitioners, researchers, and city leaders who translate policy into on-the-ground impact, from preserving affordable housing near transit corridors to designing scalable, people-first programs for employee well-being and financial wellness. A standout angle is connecting cutting-edge technology with human-center... more
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Recent guests on Voices in Local Government include:
1. Ben Spoer
2. Vonnette Harris
3. Laura Searfoss
4. Drew Kuen Liu
5. Gerald Young
6. Sydney Davis
7. Parth Shah
8. Adrienne Wise
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