About us

IGNITE CITIES (IC) is a consulting practice designed to develop, engage, and accelerate project development by supporting mayors across the country with the critical issues cities are facing today.  IC is focused on building smart cities by humanizing both the technology being developed, and the impact being delivered to citizens.    

In fact, IC has designed a smart framework that allows for project scalability, project deployment replication, and even aides in measuring profitability of a city.   The result creates a visible and measurable impact through increased citizen engagement, sustainable infrastructure, efficient cost modeling, and advanced city service offerings.

IC delivers pro-bono advisory services to mayors surrounding smart city initiatives while keeping people at the center of our focus.  Our smart city initiatives help mayors tackle issues such as homelessness, transportation, broadband, safety, mobility, and smart infrastructure.

Get ready for our MAY 19 
U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable

Given the challenges that we faced in 2021 and continue to face in 2022, our natural growth within cities requires us to think bigger. COVID-19 has accelerated the need for cities to rethink the ways in which we learn, work, and live.  These changes have also highlighted the inequities that exist across our country. We must be inspired to reimagine our future through innovation, as we look to rebuild out cities and ensure they work for everyone. 

March was incredible!

2021 U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable - Dec 17th

​Our desire to rebuild and reimagine is evident from the time our mayors are elected. Mayors are rethinking everything while holding people at the center of our purpose, from the deployment of CARES Act funding to the American Rescue Plan Act. This effort requires everyone at the table to push harder and collaborate. This roundtable conversation will highlight your efforts in 2021 and the fight to rebuild our cities across the country. We will recognize all of our elected officials for the courageous efforts we have seen and will continue to apply in 2022.

U.S. Mayoral Roundtable - Oct 21st 

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is set to create good-paying, union jobs that will add around 2 million jobs per year over the course of the decade, while accelerating America’s path to full employment and increasing labor force participation. The legislation consists of the largest federal investment in public transit ever, the largest federal investment in broadband infrastructure, provides funding for local water infrastructure projects and lead pipe replacement, and helps tackle the climate crisis by making the largest investment in clean energy transmission and electric vehicle infrastructure in history. What does this mean for infrastructure in cities? Hear how mayors are going to put these dollars to work in their communities.  ​

U.S. Mayoral Roundtable - Aug 19th 
Game Changers | "Deploying Digital Payments and Currency" 

City leaders like Mayor Suarez and Mayor Garcetti are investing into new technologies to enhance everyday life, quell inequities, and solve human-centered problems. From broadband, cryptocurrency and contactless payments both of these mayors are paving the way. 
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Our roundtable conversations inspire us to believe and engage.  While "Game Changers" is the theme, our focus is completely based on people.

U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable - March 18 (Watch it now) 
Innovation | “Recovery, Reimagining and Rebuilding”

In order to transform our cities, there must be an acknowledgement and agreement that a new path forward will unlock new opportunities, identify methods for new growth, and present a new way of living.
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Our roundtable conversations inspire us to believe and engage.  While "Reshaping our future" is the theme, our focus is completely based on people.

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U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable - Jan 7th (Watch it now) 
Reshaping Our Future | “Education in a New Classroom”

IGNITE  in collaboration with NLC is launching monthly roundtable conversations to hear directly from mayors on how they are responding to issues concerning Efficiency Funding,  Broadband, Jobs, HealthCare and Education. Local leaders agree that a new path forward has been unlocked offering new opportunities, identifying methods for new growth in addition to presenting a new way of living. ​

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U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable - Dec 10th (Watch it now) 
Healthcare | “Will the Vaccine Make its Way to Our Underserved Communities?”

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COVID-19 has spread at an unprecedented pace, impacting life as we know it including loss of jobs, revealing inequities in healthcare, education, and inconsistencies in broadband. We must be inspired to innovate within and across our cities. As Mayors respond and fight the spread of COVID-19, there is also opportunities to recalibrate services, technology, and strengthen the our potential to grow​

CITIES TODAY and IGNITE have partnered!
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COVID-19 MAYOR SPOTLIGHT: Mayor Eric Garcetti of LA
On The Frontlines is a joint project between IGNITE CITIES and NLC.

Los Angeles is still in the middle of a voracious fight against COVID-19. Health officials are cautiously optimistic but Mayor Eric Garcetti is intentional and focused.
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​The city continues to be particularly intentional about ensuring its most vulnerable and those disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus have access to resources, testing and care. 

On The Frontlines of COVID-19 with Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, CA

“In this moment of vulnerability... we are reminded of our central...obligation to reach out to those who have been knocked down and help them get back up on their feet. In Los Angeles meeting that commitment has meant ensuring our black and brown communities have equitable access to COVID-19 testing, implementing historic tenant and worker protections, bringing our unhoused neighbors indoors at an unprecedented speed, providing meals to homebound seniors, and offering critical childcare to our essential workers.” 
                                                                                             
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A message from Mayor Garcetti, 

"Los Angeles is a capital of innovation and creativity, where we know that cutting-edge technology can offer smart solutions to everything from city services and transportation, to public safety, sustainability, and economic development.

​Our partnership with IGNITE will help us build a more connected, dynamic, and engaged City, with an infrastructure designed to meet the challenges of today and the opportunities of the future,"
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Digital Content - Article and News

1. Cities pledge to close education gaps, from connectivity to conflict resolution - Cities Today (cities-today.com)
2. Albuquerque creates new safety department to change how police are dispatched - Cities Today (cities-today.com)
3. How Austin is using blockchain to help the homeless - Cities Today (cities-today.com)
   

IGNITE PRESS

IGNITE launches its inaugural U.S. Mayoral Virtual Roundtable series in collaboration with National League of Cities and mayors across the country. The monthly program introduces new mayors at the roundtable focused on economic recovery and technology during COVID-19. The series is hosted by Mayor Steve Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina.

IGNITE PRESS

National League of Cities (NLC) and IGNITE Cities have partnered to showcase the voice of local leaders with the launch of “On the Frontlines: Conversations with Mayors.”

IGNITE ARTICLE

A collaborative effort between Qualcomm, the investment firm JLC Infrastructure and the city technology consulting group Ignite Cities will see more than $75 million invested in smart technology deployment in cities around the country.