Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer formed a mentoring program that encourages city employees to spend two hours a week helping at-risk kids, according to Hope Matters. 

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office for Tech and Innovation is soliciting ideas for ways to bring world-class broadband connectivity to the Big Apple, Technical.ly Brooklyn reports.

The mid-sized city near Detroit, home to America’s largest Middle Eastern community, experienced a 38 percent rise in refugees from that region since 2010, National Journal reports. 

The Mobile Good Food Market brings fresh produce into low-income neighborhoods, The Pop-Up City reports. 

The cards will serve as official identification for all city residents, especially those who cannot otherwise obtain government IDs, the New York Times reports. 

Inspired by New York’s High Line, the 11th Street Bridge Project would connect Washington, D. C.’s downtown with an African-American neighborhood left out of the city’s boom, Governing reports.  

Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston calculated that it’s cheaper for the city to house the homeless than pay for ambulances and jail time, The Globe and Mail reports.