The Sense of the City

The Sense of the City

By Tommi Laitio, Inaugural Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow My husband and I arrived in Baltimore in January with four suitcases. We moved from Helsinki, Finland, so that I could begin my two-year fellowship at Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns...
Celebrating One Year

Celebrating One Year

Executive Director Amanda Daflos celebrates her first year at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation.  Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, We recently marked an important milestone for the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins...
4 Lessons on Listening to Residents

4 Lessons on Listening to Residents

As the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University ramps up supports for cities, it is tapping the expertise of innovators like Helsinki’s head of culture and leisure, Tommi Laitio.  Laitio, who is taking a two-year leave...
New Year, New Momentum

New Year, New Momentum

Dear Friends and Colleagues,Happy New Year! As we begin this new year, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support and partnership in 2021. We built enormous momentum for public innovation this past year with the investment in the...