Advance equity and inclusion

The rise of innovation districts is occurring during a period of dramatic demographic transformation and economic restructuring. Combined, these create enormous income, wealth, and health disparities, both within and across cities.

The goal of the “inclusive city”—a city that expands educational and employment opportunities, creates wealth, shares prosperity, and engages residents as co-creators and problem solvers—is leading innovation districts to design, finance, and deliver tighter links between innovation and equitable growth.