On July 23 in Chicago, a group of state and local leaders, practitioners, and capital partners will come together for a one-day working summit .
Public sector budgets are under new pressures. They are more structural, less predictable, and increasingly tied to forces outside traditional control. Insurance markets, capital access, federal support, and core cost drivers like housing and infrastructure are all shifting at once. These are the new operating conditions.
The day is built around peer-to-peer problem solving, with each public sector participant bringing a live issue to work through alongside others facing similar constraints.
Sessions will focus on four core areas:
budgeting, reserves, and capital planning under new risk conditions
using public assets and land to unlock capital
structuring capital stacks and resilience policies for housing and infrastructure
turning partnerships into executable programs
This event is made possible by program partners that span a wide variety of industries and expertise.
Who Should Join Us?
This summit is for the people who manage the intersection of infrastructure, finance, and economic development. We are building a cohort of:
Mayors, County Executives, and Governors
Finance Officers & Economic Development Directors
Public Finance Professionals & Investors
Homebuilders & Housing Policy Experts
We all share a common challenge: keeping our communities strong, affordable, and vibrant in an era of uncertainty. You don’t have to solve this alone.