Springfield to participate in Bloomberg initiative

With a difficult year of budgeting ahead, the city of Springfield is calling in some help.The city announced last week that it was one of 30 selected to participate in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “City Budgeting for Equity and Recovery” program, giving it access to municipal finance expertise and data-driven solutions.The 15-month program is meant to help cities confront COVID-induced budget crises in a way that does not disproportionately harm low-income residents […]