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title: What Is The Right Way to Rebuild Cities for Post-Pandemic Work?
description: We explore the right way to rebuild cities for post-pandemic work.
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# [What Is The Right Way to Rebuild Cities for Post-Pandemic Work?](https://blog.polco.us/right-way-rebuild-cities-post-pandemic-work)

 Written by [Polco](https://blog.polco.us/author/polco) | May 12, 2021

-The Polco Minute with Angelica Wedell-

The Polco Minute features current headlines and best practices in local government and community engagement.

In this week’s first video, we explore the right way to rebuild cities for post-pandemic work. Next, we share a poem written by the Assistant City Manager of Boulder, Colorado in response to gun violence in a local grocery store. Last, you'll see why ego can be a leader’s greatest strength or biggest downfall.

In the second video, St. Louis's first black woman mayor shares how she will lead with a racial equity lens. Next, the Village Administrator of Waunakee, Wisconsin talks about how they use surveys to increase a sense of belonging for all residents. 

### [**The Right Way to Rebuild Cities for Post-Pandemic Work**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/the-right-way-to-rethink-cities-for-post-covid-work?cmpid=BBD040921_CITYLAB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=210409&utm_campaign=citylabdaily)

-By Amy Liu with [Bloomberg CityLab](https://www.bloomberg.com/citylab)-

What structural considerations should public and private sector leaders keep in mind as they rebuild their post-Covid-19 city better than before? [READ MORE](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/the-right-way-to-rethink-cities-for-post-covid-work?cmpid=BBD040921_CITYLAB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=210409&utm_campaign=citylabdaily)

### [**The Public Square Is a Grocery Store**](https://blog.polco.us/public-square-grocery-store)

-By Pam Davis with [City of Boulder, Colorado](https://bouldercolorado.gov/)

Hope and pride in her community moved Boulder, Colorado Assistant City Manager Pam Davis to create and share this poem in light of the recent gun violence in her City. [READ MORE](https://blog.polco.us/public-square-grocery-store)

### [**Why Ego Can Be a Leader’s Greatest Strength and Their Downfall**](https://leadershipvitae.com/2021/04/why-ego-can-be-a-leaders-greatest-strength-and-their-downfall/)

-By Kristin Hendrix with [Leadership Vitae](https://leadershipvitae.com/)-

Years of observation have revealed patterns in leaders.  The patterns have one common factor that shapes outcomes more than any other.  If I had to choose one thing that makes all the difference in a leader’s effectiveness, it would be ego. [READ MORE](https://leadershipvitae.com/2021/04/why-ego-can-be-a-leaders-greatest-strength-and-their-downfall/)

### [How St. Louis’s First Black Woman Mayor Will Lead With a Racial Equity Lens](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/an-interview-with-st-louis-s-new-black-woman-mayor)

-By Brentin Mock with [Bloomberg CityLab-](https://www.bloomberg.com/citylab)

St. Louis's first black woman mayor Tishaura Jones talks about pandemic recovery, violent crime and governing as a single Black mom. [READ MORE](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/an-interview-with-st-louis-s-new-black-woman-mayor)

### [What Local Government Leaders Should Know about Equity and Inclusion According To Residents](https://blog.polco.us/local-government-leaders-equity-and-inclusion)

-By Michelle Kobayashi with [Polco](https://info.polco.us/)-

[Polco](https://polco.us/n/landing) Sr. VP of Innovation Michelle Kobayashi and Waunakee, Wisconsin Village Administrator Todd Schmidt have firsthand experience with how to use surveys to increase a sense of belonging for all. They say survey data can help guide leaders in making more inclusive decisions. [READ MORE](https://blog.polco.us/local-government-leaders-equity-and-inclusion)

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