United States
Andy Schor
116,986 (2017)
Samantha Harkins
Save costs and improve efficiency within the public sector
Improve service delivery
Simplify administrative procedures for firms and residents
Dedicated funding
Focus on measurement
Dedicated innovation team
Leadership from Mayor
Culture of innovation in city
Engagement with partners
Support from outside city administration
Lansing has been building up partnerships with various stakeholders from the private and civic sectors. For instance, the city is collaborating with eBay for Retail Revival for small business promotion and growth as well as coordinating volunteer work with many community partners through a city-wide plan called “Serve Lansing”.
Note: The City Innovation Snapshot (PDF version) was produced in 2019 and some aggregate findings have been updated with the latest survey results below.
Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Lansing does not have an explicit innovation strategy. Similar to 24% of cities surveyed, Lansing approaches innovation capacity in specific policy areas/domains.
Lansing does not have a dedicated team for innovation.
Taking risks or testing new ideas
Data-driven analytics/public data management
Engaging residents in new ways
Developing new solutions based on digital technologies
Organizational change within the municipality
Human-centered design
Rethinking your city’s approach to financing partnerships
Its innovation activities also include promoting data-driven analytics and facilitating organizational change within the municipal administration.
Like 19% of cities surveyed, Lansing does not have dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.
Lansing has no reported sources of funding.
Lansing does not fund any specific activities.
Lansing has developed partnerships to promote its innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms, not-for-profit organizations, and city residents/resident associations.
To improve data use, the city has also developed data partnerships with academia and think tanks to collect and analyze data.