Citiwire.net

Welcome to Citiwire.net! Can the murder and mayhem often associated with inner city youth gangs be curbed? I’ve long felt there are few more critical issues for our cities and their families. Boston made a magnificent try in the ’90s that later floundered; now with strategic leadership by a community foundation, the Bostonians aim to create a system with extraordinarily broad community buy-in and continued coordination placed, significantly, in a separate organization outside government itself. Our Citiwire column for the week, by a new Citistates Group Associate, David Boyd, takes on a key question of the moment in economic stimulus: can “shovel-ready” be a reality; how should state and local governments move to make sure it’s more than a slogan?