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Cities of Service in Nashville, TN
Cities of Service emerged as the opportunity to put action into the Serve America Act. During a recessionary time it was a call to service of the “human capital sitting on the sidelines” (Crawford, 2014).
Founded in New York City on September 10, 2009 by seventeen mayors from across the country- including Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, this bipartisan group, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was committed to leading their cities into impact volunteering plans to make the Serve America Act come to life.
The impact volunteering model focuses on “targeting community needs, using best practices, and setting clear, measurable outcomes to gauge progress” (Womack, 2014) and was modeled after the New York City program which was implemented in April 2009. Symbolically, the mayors signed a Declaration of Service to demonstrate their commitment to Cities of Service and impact volunteering.
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