Leaders from 12 cities across the country gathered in Los Angeles recently to talk about common problems, and to try and find solutions. The cities are all along Interstate 10, from LA to Jacksonville, Florida, and include Phoenix and Tucson, as well as El Paso, Houston, New Orleans and Tallahassee.
Can we think beyond conventional boundaries to achieve needed solutions? The Ten Across geography from California to Texas to Florida features a diverse range of socio-economic, demographic, and climate related challenges. California is often touted as the standard bearer for the rest of the country regarding environmental awareness and equitable public policies. It also boasts the largest economy in the United States and would be ranked 5th in the world if it were a stand-alone nation. The sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles and its array of diverse communities is made possible by some of the most complex and vulnerable infrastructure in the U.S. with the strains of climate change necessitating new modes of operation for the future. This is made more interesting as other states and political leaders attempt to cast the “California model” as out of step with the country. Join us in Los Angeles where we will demonstrate how the Ten Across region provides a unique lens of the chal
Arizona and other Western states are dealing with the effects of the ongoing drought. But in other cities, the problem is kind of the opposite: too much water and flooding.What to do about these different but related issues was part of the focus of a recent gathering of the Ten Across Project. It includes cities along I-10 from Jacksonville, Florida, to Los Angeles that are