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Julian Wyllie

City Accelerator Fellow

Julian is Governing's inaugural City Accelerator Fellow, a position supported by the Citi Foundation and Living Cities. During the fellowship he completed a series of articles related to local purchasing, small business growth and city initiatives geared toward addressing economic inequality. Previously, he was a feature writer for the Indianapolis Recorder, one of the oldest African-American newspapers in the country, and was an opinion columnist, section editor and editor-in-chief at his university newspaper, The Butler Collegian. 

Performance-based contracting has been a best practice in big cities for years. Now some mid-sized municipalities are adopting the approach.
Just how much should race be taken into account in city purchasing?
Officials want to create more opportunities for women- and minority-owned businesses.
Lots of cities want to increase their outreach to women- and minority-owned businesses. Often, that means taking a look at the best programs in other jurisdictions.