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Paving the high road toward success. 'High Road Highlights' is our monthly roundup of project wins, news, and more!
April 15, 2025
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High Road Strategy Center's Year in Review is now LIVE! <[link removed]>
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In 2024, the High Road Strategy Center <[link removed]> deepened its impact across the country—equipping mayors, state leaders, and communities with the tools to advance sustainability, equity, and democracy. From launching research and convening changemakers to helping cities secure funding and supporting worker-led movements, our programs turned ideas into action.
Explore our 2024 Year in Review to see how we’re reshaping local policy—and building a future where prosperity is shared by all.
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Project Updates
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Highlights from the Winter 2025 Innovation Showcase! <[link removed]>
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At the Mayors Innovation Project <[link removed]>, our commitment to peer learning means offering avenues to share and replicate good ideas. The Innovation Showcase is a lightning-round session where mayors get three minutes to share a policy, program, or practice they have implemented or are working to implement. The Winter 2025 Innovation Showcase offered many great ideas for mayors to take home to their cities, from water affordability to zoning reform to new ways to inform and engage.
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New Innovative DOT Framework Charts a Bold Course for State Transportation Leadership <[link removed]>
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State transportation agencies face some of the most urgent challenges of our time—climate change, equity, and aging infrastructure among them. The State Smart Transportation Initiative <[link removed]>'s newly released Innovative DOT offers a practical, future-ready framework to help agencies respond with clarity and purpose. Building on a decade of research and on-the-ground expertise, this guide outlines strategies for leadership, people-centered planning, and culture change.
Whether your agency is just getting started or looking to accelerate progress, this framework is built to grow with you—offering replicable solutions across diverse contexts and challenges.
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In The News
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It’s Time For State DOTs to Step Up and Do a Better Job
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State Transportation Agencies Can Still Lead on Sustainability and Equity. Here’s How.
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What does Wisconsin’s minimum wage from 2009 mean today?
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About High Road Strategy Center
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Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the High Road Strategy Center <[link removed]> is a national think-and-do tank that promotes “high road” solutions to social problems. Learn more here, or click below to learn about our projects housed at the High Road Strategy Center:
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High Road Strategy Center
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