Mike Bloomberg to Open a Pro Bono Consulting Shop for Cities

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Could Jax use some help or are we too proud?

The New York Times' Michael Barbaro has the scoop on one way the soon-to-be-former mayor of New York City will be spending his time:

Michael R. Bloomberg, determined to parlay his government experience and vast fortune into a kind of global mayoralty, is creating a high-powered consulting group to help him reshape cities around the world long after he leaves office. To build the new organization, paid for out of his own pocket, the billionaire mayor is taking much of his City Hall team with him: He has already hired many of his best-known and longest-serving deputies, promising them a chance to export the policies they developed in New York to far-flung places like Louisville, Ky., and Mexico City.

full article: http://nextcity.org/sharedcity/entry/mike-bloomberg-to-open-a-pro-bono-consulting-shop-for-cities